Quantitative genetic evidence that males trade attractiveness for ejaculate quality in guppies.

Abstract excerpt

Polyandry, where females mate with multiple males, means that a male's reproductive success will depend both on his ability to acquire mates and the ability of his sperm to compete effectively for fertilizations. But, how do males partition their reproductive investment between these two episodes of selection? Theory predicts that increases in ejaculate investment will come at a cost to investment in other...

Topics

• Animals
• Female
• Genetic Variation
• Male
• Mating Preference, Animal
• Poecilia
• Sexual Behavior, Animal
• Sperm Motility