Superior stimulation of female fecundity by subordinate males provides a mechanism for telegony
S. Pascoal, B. J. Jarrett, E. Evans, R. M. Kilner
The paper shows that subordinate males in burying beetles stimulate female fecundity more effectively than dominant males, leading to non-genetic inheritance of offspring body size and supporting telegony.
bioRxiv · Sep 20, 2017Evolutionary Biology