Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Published April 3, 2019 | 17:01 EDT (Brief from the Royal Society)
When researchers tested the mating success of winners and losers in a variety of mating competitions, they found that winners are better at acquiring mates, but losers perform better in sperm competition. These results have important implications for understanding the evolution and maintenance of male mating strategies.
Corresponding author: David Filice, McMaster University – filicd1@mcmaster.ca