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The cost of keeping eggs fresh: quantitative genetic variation in females that mate late relative to sexual maturation.

The American naturalist - 1 Mar 2007

Moore Patricia J, Harris W Edwin, Moore Allen J

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In many species, females abandon mate choice to ensure that eggs are fertilized before they are lost. But why do females not just maintain oocytes longer if there is a benefit to mate choice? We conducted a quantitative genetic study in the cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea to test whether genetic constraints prevent the evolution of oocyte maintenance or selection against oocyte loss is weak when females mate late...

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PMID: 17243076
DOI: 10.1086/510687

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