No support for the sexy‐sperm hypothesis in the seed beetle: Sons of monandrous females fare better in post‐copulatory competition
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4626
Abstract: Abstract The sexy‐sperm hypothesis posits that polyandrous females derive an indirect fitness benefit from multi‐male mating because they increase the probability their eggs are fertilized by males whose sperm have high fertilizing efficiency, which is… read more here.
Keywords: seed; seed beetle; competition; sperm hypothesis ... See more keywords