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No evidence that female bruchid beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, use remating to reduce costs of inbreeding

Date

Authors

Edvardsson, Evert

Rodriguez-Munoz, Rolando

Tregenza, Tom

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

Despite the often dramatic negative effects of inbreeding on offspring fitness, matings between closely related individuals sometimes occur. This may be because females cannot reliably recognize related males before mating with them. As an alternative to

Keywords

Keywords: beetle; fitness; inbreeding avoidance; mate choice; mating behavior; reproduction; Bruchinae; Callosobruchus maculatus; Coleoptera bruchid beetle; Callosobruchus maculatus; inbreeding avoidance; inbreeding depression; mate choice

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52200

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Animal Behaviour

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.005

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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