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Selection for alternative male reproductive tactics alters intralocus sexual conflict.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2014
Plesnar Bielak Agata, Skrzynecka Anna M, Miler Krzysztof, Radwan Jacek
Abstract excerpt
Intralocus sexual conflict (IASC) arises when fitness optima for a shared trait differ between the sexes; such conflict may help maintain genetic variation within populations. Sex-limited expression of sexually antagonistic traits may help resolve the conflict, but the extent of this resolution remains a subject of debate. In species with alternative male reproductive tactics, unresolved conflict should manifest...
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