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 aim of this review is to consider variation in mating preferences among females. We
define mating preferences as the sensory and behavioural properties that influence the …

The scientific study of networks-computer, social, and biological-has received an enormous
amount of interest in recent years. However, the network approach has been applied to the …

Although sexual interactions between species (reproductive interference) have been
reported from a wide range of animal taxa, their potential for determining species …

Animals acquire skills and knowledge from other animals, and fish are no exception. There
is now strong experimental evidence that many species of fish exhibit social learning and …

Public information (PI), a form of indirect social information, is used by individuals to estimate
the quality of environmental parameters. It can be acquired in two ways. One way is by …

Swordtail fish (Poeciliidae: genus Xiphophorus) are a paradigmatic case of sexual selection
by sensory exploitation. Female preference for males with a conspicuous “sword” ornament …

Sperm‐dependent (or pseudogamous) forms of parthenogenetic reproduction occur in a
wide variety of animals. Inheritance is typically clonal and matroclinous (of female descent) …

Since their discovery in 1932, all-female" species" of fish have provided rich material for
ecological and evolutionary studies. The significance of these rare organisms lies in the …

Approximately 99.9% of vertebrate species reproduce sexually. The exceptional 0.1%
reproduce via asexual or clonal means, which vary wildly and are fascinating in their own …