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SUBMITTER: Ramm SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4014308 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramm Steven A SA Stockley Paula P
Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology 20140318 3
Male eagerness to mate is a central paradigm of sexual selection theory. However, limited sperm supplies mean that male sexual restraint might sometimes be favored under promiscuous mating. Here, we demonstrate dynamic plasticity in male mating effort when females are encountered sequentially under varying sperm competition risk. Rather than showing consistent eagerness to mate, male house mice (<i>Mus musculus domesticus</i>) instead tailor their mating effort according to likely reproductive p ...[more]