The aim of this review is to consider the potential benefits that females may gain from mating
more than once in a single reproductive cycle. The relationship between non-genetic and …

The past two decades have seen extensive growth of sexual selection research. Theoretical
and empirical work has clarified many components of pre-and postcopulatory sexual …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Sperm competition was identified in 1970 as a pervasive selective force in post‐copulatory
sexual selection that occurs when the ejaculates of different males compete to fertilise a …

Sexual conflict occurs when the genetic interests of males and females diverge. Recent
evidence supporting the view that male and female genomes are in conflict has now …

The fish farming industry has been more focused on the quality of eggs or larvae rather than
that of sperm, even though the quality of both gametes may affect fertilisation success and …

Sperm are produced in astronomical numbers compared with eggs, and there is good
evidence that sperm competition is the force behind the evolution of many tiny sperm …

Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes is the first integrated review of the reproductive
biology of the bony fishes, which are the most species-rich and diversified group of …

The female reproductive tract is where competition between the sperm of different males
takes place, aided and abetted by the female herself. Intense postcopulatory sexual …

The formation of spawning aggregations at specific locations and times is a common mode
of reproduction for species in some tropical reef fish families. A spawning aggregation was …