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Experimental Evolution Under Biased Sex Ratios: Phenotypic and Genomic Responses in the Bulb Mite, Rhizoglyphus robini.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2026
Chmielewski Sebastian, Parrett Jonathan M, Konczal Mateusz, Szubert-Kruszyńska Agnieszka, Łukasiewicz Aleksandra, Radwan Jacek
Abstract excerpt
Sexual selection may increase population fitness by favoring high-condition individuals and accelerating the purging of deleterious alleles. However, it can also reduce population fitness through intra- and interlocus sexual conflict by promoting male-benefit traits that harm females and maintain polymorphism at sexually antagonistic loci. The balance between these opposing forces remains unresolved, yet it has...
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