Postcopulatory sperm storage can serve a range of functions, including ensuring fertility,
allowing delayed fertilization and facilitating sexual selection. Sperm storage is likely to be …

Most studies of genetic parentage in natural populations have been limited to a single
breeding season or reproductive episode and, thus, provide only a snapshot of individuals' …

Female Testudines can store viable sperm for a long time. Among marine species, a single
insemination is often enough to sire a female's entire reproductive output for a nesting …

We present the first data collected on the genetic mating system of the hawksbill turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata, the only marine turtle not studied to date. We examined paternity …

Paternity of 22 green turtle (Chelonia mydas) clutches from 13 females of the southern Great
Barrier Reef breeding population was determined through microsatellite analyses at five …

Multiple paternity within the same clutch has been detected in all sea turtle species.
However, no study to date has addressed the likelihood of sperm storage across years in …

As evidenced by the articles in this volume, a recent increase in interest in the mating
systems of poikilothermic vertebrates has focused primarily on fishes, a few amphibians, and …

Given the large energy expenditures involved in migration and egg production, it may be
advantageous for females to have multiple matings if the success of matings varies …

In recent years, genetic studies have been used to investigate mating systems of marine
turtles, but to date no such research has been conducted on the flatback turtle (Natator …

Multiple paternity is the occurrence within a single clutch of offspring fathered by more than
one male. This pattern may be an an adaptive feature of the mating system of turtles. Mating …