Female mate choice predicts paternity success in the absence of additive genetic variance for other female paternity bias mechanisms in Drosophila serrata.

Abstract excerpt

After choosing a first mate, polyandrous females have access to a range of opportunities to bias paternity, such as repeating matings with the preferred male, facilitating fertilization from the best sperm or differentially investing in offspring according to their sire. Female ability to bias pa...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Biological Evolution
• Share to Copulation
• Share to Crosses, Genetic