Is more always better when it comes to mating?

Hanna Kokko; Michael D. Jennions

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001955

Is more always better when it comes to mating?

Hanna Kokko^*
, Michael D. Jennions

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Fitness usually increases when a male mates with more females, but is the same true for females? A new meta-analysis in PLOS Biology shows that females, like males, tend to have a positive relationship between the number of mates and their reproductive output.

Original language	English
Article number	e3001955
Journal	PLoS Biology
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001955
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023

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