Interacting phenotypic plasticities: do male and female responses to the sociosexual environment interact to determine fitness?

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Socially induced plasticity in reproductive effort is a widely documented phenomenon. However, few empirical studies have examined how male and female plastic responses to the social environment might interact in determining fitness outcomes. In field crickets, Teleogryllus oceanicus, males respond to rival songs by increasing expenditure on seminal fluid proteins that enhance competitive fertilization success at...

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• Genetic Fitness
• Gryllidae
• Phenotype
• Reproduction
• Sexual Behavior, Animal