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SUBMITTER: Galeotti P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1560255 | biostudies-literature | 2006 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Galeotti Paolo P Rubolini Diego D Fea Gianluca G Ghia Daniela D Nardi Pietro A PA Gherardi Francesca F Fasola Mauro M
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20060501 1590
Females may invest more in reproduction if they acquire mates of high phenotypic quality, because offspring sired by preferred partners may be fitter than offspring sired by non-preferred ones. In this study, we tested the differential maternal allocation hypothesis in the freshwater crayfish, Austropotamobius italicus, by means of a pairing experiment aimed at evaluating the effects of specific male traits (body size, chelae size and chelae asymmetry) on female primary reproductive effort. Our ...[more]