4. Sexual Selection after Mating: The Evolutionary Consequences of Sperm Competition and Cryptic Female Choice in Onthophagines
- Leigh W. Simmons1,
- T. James Ridsdill-Smith2
Published Online: 20 APR 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9781444342000.ch4
Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles
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How to Cite
Simmons, L. W. (2011) Sexual Selection after Mating: The Evolutionary Consequences of Sperm Competition and Cryptic Female Choice in Onthophagines, in Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles (eds L. W. Simmons and T. J. Ridsdill-Smith), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444342000.ch4
Editor Information
- 1
Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Crawley, Western Australia
- 2
School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Crawley, Western Australia
Publication History
- Published Online: 20 APR 2011
- Published Print: 8 APR 2011
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444333152
Online ISBN: 9781444342000
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- Sperm competition theory;
- D. bipectinata;
- Drosophila simulans;
- Onthophagus taurus;
- Onthophagus – O. australis, O. binodis, and O. taurus;
- Quantitative genetics of ejaculate traits
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Sperm competition theory
Evolution of ejaculate expenditure in the genus Onthophagus
Evolutionary consequences of variation in ejaculate expenditure
Theoretical models of female choice
Quantitative genetics of ejaculate traits
Empirical evidence for adaptive cryptic female choice in Onthophagus taurus
Conclusions and future directions
Dedication and acknowledgement