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Sexual selection

Post-copulatory competition in a social monogamy system: Sperm morphology correlates with components of reproductive success

Carly E. Hawkins, Thomas P. Hahn, Jessica L. Malisch, Gail L. Patricelli

published 01 Dec 2025

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Yeti claws: Cheliped sexual dimorphism and symmetry in deep-sea yeti crabs (Kiwaidae)

Christopher Nicolai Roterman, Molly McArthur, Cecilia Laverty Baralle, Leigh Marsh, Jon T. Copley

published 05 Feb 2025

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Influences of aging and mating history in males on paternity success in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

Renya Kawakami, Kentarou Matsumura

published 23 Dec 2024

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Lie to me to lay with me: Females deceive males via terminal investment

Laura Mendoza-Díaz de León, Sagrario Cordero-Molina, Indikris Krams, Jorge Contreras-Garduño

published 08 Jul 2024

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Song and genetic divergence within a subspecies of white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli)

Amy Rongyan Luo, Sara Lipshutz, Jennifer Phillips, Robb T. Brumfield, Elizabeth Perrault Derryberry

published 29 May 2024

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On the wings of dragons: Wing morphometric differences in the sexually dichromatic common whitetail skimmer dragonfly, Plathemis lydia (Odonata: Libellulidae)

Andrew O. Rubio, Ashley M. Dye, Kyle E. Ifill, Kyle Summers

published 29 May 2024

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Color polymorphism and mating trends in a population of the alpine leaf beetle Oreina gloriosa

Angela Roggero, Daniele Alù, Alex Laini, Antonio Rolando, Claudia Palestrini

published 26 Mar 2024

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Flanged males have higher reproductive success in a completely wild orangutan population

Amy M. Scott, Graham L. Banes, Wuryantari Setiadi, Jessica R. Saragih, Tri Wahyu Susanto, Tatang Mitra Setia, Cheryl D. Knott

published 09 Feb 2024

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Global patterns of plumage color evolution in island-living passeriform birds

Madison D. Oud, Sean M. Mahoney, Claudie Pageau, Marcio Argollo de Menezes, Nathan Smith, James V. Briskie, Matthew W. Reudink

published 15 Dec 2023

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Behavioural plasticity in activity and sexual interactions in a social lizard at high environmental temperatures

Nicola Rossi, Margarita Chiaraviglio, Gabriela Cardozo

published 26 Jul 2023

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Is there no beauty in sexually dimorphic eyes? Facial attractiveness and White Europeans ocular morphology—Brief communication

Dariusz P. Danel, Juan Olvido Perea-Garcia, Zdzisław Lewandowski, Anna Szala, Piotr Fedurek, Karel Kleisner, Sławomir Wacewicz

published 06 Apr 2023

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House sparrows do not exhibit a preference for the scent of potential partners with different MHC-I diversity and genetic distances

Luisa Amo, Guillermo Amo de Paz, Johanna Kabbert, Annie Machordom

published 21 Dec 2022

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Extra-pair paternity drives plumage colour elaboration in male passerines

Emma Thibault, Sean M. Mahoney, James V. Briskie, Mateen Shaikh, Matthew W. Reudink

published 22 Aug 2022

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