No evidence that relatedness or familiarity modulates male harm in Drosophila melanogaster flies from a wild population
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8803
Abstract: Abstract Sexual selection frequently promotes the evolution of aggressive behaviors that help males compete against their rivals, but which may harm females and hamper their fitness. Kin selection theory predicts that optimal male–male competition levels… read more here.
Keywords: relatedness familiarity; drosophila; male harm; population ... See more keywords
Condition-transfer maternal effects modulate inter-locus sexual conflict
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arad108
Abstract: Strong sexual selection frequently favors males that increase their reproductive success by harming females, with potentially negative consequences for natural populations. Understanding what factors modulate conflict between the sexes is hence critical to understand both… read more here.
Keywords: male harm; sexual conflict; transfer maternal; condition transfer ... See more keywords
Thermal phenotypic plasticity of pre- and post-copulatory male harm buffers sexual conflict in wild Drosophila melanogaster
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DOI: 10.1101/2022.11.10.515924
Abstract: Strong sexual selection frequently leads to sexual conflict and ensuing male harm, whereby males increase their reproductive success at the expense of harming females. Male harm is a widespread evolutionary phenomenon with a strong bearing… read more here.
Keywords: male harm; sexual conflict; wild drosophila; harm ... See more keywords