Sexual selection and sperm quantity: meta‐analyses of strategic ejaculation

CD Kelly, MD Jennions - Biological Reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple mating or group spawning leads to post‐copulatory sexual selection, which
generally favours ejaculates that are more competitive under sperm competition. In four …

Factors affecting the reproductive efficiency in crayfish: implications for aquaculture

MM Harlıoğlu, A Farhadi - Aquaculture research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, crayfish aquaculture industry has been developing rapidly in different
regions of the world. Crayfish aquaculture is often carried out in dams, lakes and extensive …

Changes in sperm quality and numbers in response to experimental manipulation of male social status and female attractiveness

CK Cornwallis, TR Birkhead - The American Naturalist, 2007 - journals.uchicago.edu
In promiscuous species, male reproductive success is determined by the interaction
between the ability to access and choose females of the highest reproductive quality and …

Mutual mate choice in crayfish: large body size is selected by both sexes, virginity by males only

L Aquiloni, F Gherardi - Journal of Zoology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Mate choice is often assumed to be a prerogative of females because of their putatively
larger reproductive investment than males. However, recent evidence suggests that …

Cryptic preference for MHC-dissimilar females in male red junglefowl, Gallus gallus

MAF Gillingham, DS Richardson… - … of the Royal …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An increasing number of studies test the idea that females increase offspring fitness by
biasing fertilization in favour of genetically compatible partners; however, few have …

Strong direct and inconsistent indirect effects of fishing found using stereo-video: Testing indicators from fisheries closures

TJ Langlois, ES Harvey, JJ Meeuwig - Ecological Indicators, 2012 - Elsevier
Candidate indicators of the direct and indirect effects of fishing can be developed by
investigating fisheries closures. We tested a suite of such indicators in areas open to fishing …

Sperm: seminal fluid interactions and the adjustment of sperm quality in relation to female attractiveness

CK Cornwallis, EA O'Connor - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An important predictor of male fitness is the fertilizing efficiency of their ejaculates.
Ejaculates are costly to produce and males are predicted to devote greater resources to …

Freshwater crayfish: a global overview

T Kawai, Z Faulkes, G Scholtz - 2015 - books.google.com
For their great commercial importance as a human food delicacy, crayfish are now becoming
of wider interest to molecular biologists, and also to conservationists due to the fact that in …

Sperm competition intensity affects sperm precedence patterns in a polyandrous gift‐giving spider

M Matzke, S Toft, J Bechsgaard… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sperm competition drives traits that enhance fertilization success. The amount of sperm
transferred relative to competitors is key for attaining paternity. Female reproductive …

Crayfish growth and reproduction

CL McLay, AM van den Brink… - … and ecology of …, 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Growth and reproduction are competitive processes with the first being an essential
prerequisite for the second. In crayfish both of these processes continue until the animal dies …