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Sexual selection without sexual dimorphism: Bateman gradients in a simultaneous hermaphrodite.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jan 2012
Pélissié Benjamin, Jarne Philippe, David Patrice
Abstract excerpt
One of the most general patterns in sexual selection is stronger selection on mating activity in males than in females. This asymmetry is thought to result from the higher energetic cost of producing one female compared to one male gamete (anisogamy). However, most studies focused on gonochoric species with strong sexual dimorphism, in which males and females are necessarily under different selection regimes. The...
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