Seminal fluid proteins (SFPs) produced in reproductive tract tissues of male insects and
transferred to females during mating induce numerous physiological and behavioral …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 591–602 Abstract The spectacular diversity in sexually selected
traits among animal taxa has inspired the hypothesis that divergent sexual selection can …

Life history theory seeks to explain the evolution of the major features of life cycles by
analyzing the ecological factors that shape age-specific schedules of growth, reproduction …

Male genitalia show patterns of divergent evolution, and sexual selection is recognised as
being responsible for this taxonomically widespread phenomenon. Much of the empirical …

Male–female coevolution has taken different paths among closely related species, but our
understanding of the factors that govern its direction is limited. While it is clear that …

Sexual selection has the potential to decrease mean fitness in a population through an array
of costs to nonsexual fitness. These costs may be offset when sexual selection favors …

Sexual dimorphism is a substantial contributor to the diversity observed in nature, extending
from elaborate traits to the expression level of individual genes. Sexual conflict and sexually …

Genital coevolution between the sexes is expected to be common because of the direct
interaction between male and female genitalia during copulation. Here we review the …

Highlights•The expression and outcomes of mating behaviors vary as complex, continuous
functions of temperature.•Thermal mating windows emerge from sex-specific effects on …

ABSTRACT A central paradigm in evolutionary biology is that the fundamental divergence in
the fitness interests of the sexes ('sexual conflict') can lead to both the evolution of sex …