No evidence of male-biased sexual selection in a snake with conventional Darwinian sex roles

Decades of research on sexual selection have demonstrated that ‘conventional’ Darwinian sex roles are common in species with anisogamous gametes, with those species often exhibiting male-biased sexual selection. Yet, mating system characteristics such as long-term sperm storage and polyandry have th...

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Main Authors: Brenna A. Levine, Gordon W. Schuett, Rulon W. Clark, Roger A. Repp, Hans-Werner Herrmann, Warren Booth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2020-10-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.201261