Female guppies increase their propensity for polyandry as an inbreeding avoidance strategy

Volume: 157, Pages: 87 - 93
Published: Nov 1, 2019
Abstract
Mating with close relatives often causes a decline in offspring fitness, termed inbreeding depression. Consequently, pre- and postcopulatory inbreeding avoidance mechanisms are likely to evolve, especially in females due to their relatively high levels of reproductive investment. If precopulatory inbreeding avoidance mechanisms are absent or unreliable, females may exploit postcopulatory sexually selected inbreeding avoidance mechanisms by...
Paper Details
Title
Female guppies increase their propensity for polyandry as an inbreeding avoidance strategy
Published Date
Nov 1, 2019
Volume
157
Pages
87 - 93
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