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The evolution of repeated mating in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Aug 2008
House Clarissa M, Evans Gethin M V, Smiseth Per T, Stamper Clare E, Walling Craig A, Moore Allen J
Abstract excerpt
Animals of many species accept or solicit recurring copulations with the same partner; i.e., show repeated mating. An evolutionary explanation for this excess requires that the advantages of repeated mating outweigh the costs, and that behavioral components of repeated mating are genetically influenced. There can be benefits of repeated mating for males when there is competition for fertilizations or where the...
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