Mating Behaviour: Promiscuous Mothers Have Healthier Young
Edvardsson, Evert; Champion de Crespigny, Fleur E.; Tregenza, Tom
Description
A small marsupial has thrown new light on the question of why females typically mate with several males: promiscuous female antechinuses have many more surviving offspring because males that are successful in sperm competition also sire healthy offspring
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2007 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60751 |
Source: | Current Biology |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.018 |
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