Anisogamy explains why males benefit more from additional matings.
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 35794148.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-31620-w and PMC identifier 9259586.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Why do males typically compete more intensely for mating opportunities than do females and how does this relate to sex differences in gamete size? A new study provides a formal evolutionary link between gamete size dimorphism and ‘Bateman gradients’, which describe how much individuals of each sex benefit from additional matings.
Medical subject headings
- Cell Communication
- Reproduction