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Negative frequency-dependent selection or alternative reproductive tactics: maintenance of female polymorphism in natural populations.

BMC evolutionary biology - 3 Jul 2013

Iserbyt Arne, Bots Jessica, Van Gossum Hans, Sherratt Thomas N

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BACKGROUND: Sex-limited polymorphisms have long intrigued evolutionary biologists and have been the subject of long-standing debates. The coexistence of multiple male and/or female morphs is widely believed to be maintained through negative frequency-dependent selection imposed by social interactions. However, remarkably few empirical studies have evaluated how social interactions, morph frequencies and fitness...

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PMID: 23822745
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-139
PMCID: PMC3704290

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