Sex ratio at mating does not modulate age fitness effects in Drosophila melanogaster
Abstract Understanding the effects of male and female age on reproductive success is vital to explain the evolution of life history traits and sex‐specific aging. A general prediction is that pre‐/postmeiotic aging processes will lead to a decline in the pre‐ and postcopulatory abilities of both mal...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-06-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5227 |