Costs and benefits of mating with fertilized females in a species with first male sperm precedence
Leonor R Rodrigues, Alexandre RT Figueiredo, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Isabelle Olivieri, Sara Magalhães
The paper examines mating costs and benefits in a spider mite species with first male sperm precedence, finding females pay a polyandry cost while second males gain relative benefits.
bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology