94 research outputs found

    Evolution of female multiple mating : A quantitative model of the “sexually selected sperm” hypothesis

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    This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

    When does female multiple mating evolve to adjust inbreeding? : Effects of inbreeding depression, direct costs, mating constraints, and polyandry as a threshold trait

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    Ackowledgements: This work was funded by a European Research Council Starting Grant to JMR. All simulations were performed using the Maxwell computing cluster at the University of AberdeenPeer reviewedPublisher PD

    Environmental variance in male mating success modulates the positive versus negative impacts of sexual selection on genetic load

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    Funding Information Royal Society University Research Fellowship, Grant/Award Number: UF160614; Research Council of Norway (SFF-III, project), Grant/Award Number: 223257; Research Fellows Enhancement Award, Grant/Award Number: RGF\EA\180184; Norges TekniskNaturvitenskapelige UnibersitetPeer reviewe

    Inferring the distributions of fitness effects and proportions of strongly deleterious mutations

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    Open Access via the OUP Agreement Acknowledgments We thank Adam Eyre–Walker, Brian Charlesworth, Thomas Bataillon, Jane M. Reid, Roslyn Henry, and Max Tschol for many helpful ideas, comments, and suggestions. We also thank Nicolas Galtier for reading an earlier draft and providing many useful comments and much valuable feedback. Funding Anders P. Charmouh was supported by the University of Aberdeen. Greta Bocedi was supported by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (UF160614). Matthew Hartfield is supported by a NERC Independent Research Fellowship (NE/R015686/1) and a UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee Grant (EP/X027570/1).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

    Evolution of precopulatory and post-copulatory strategies of inbreeding avoidance and associated polyandry

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    Acknowledgments This work was funded by a European Research Council Starting Grant to JMR. Computer simulations were performed using the Maxwell Computing Cluster at the University of Aberdeen. We thank Matthew E. Wolak and two anonymous reviewers for very helpful comments.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

    Sexual selection and mate limitation shape evolution of species’ range limits

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    Acknowledgments: We thank Luke Holman and Natalie Pilakouta for insightful comments that improved the manuscript draft. MT and GB were funded by the Royal Society through GB’s University Research Fellowship (UF160614) and Research Fellows Enhancement Award (RGF\EA\180184). JMR was supported by Research Council of Norway (SFF-III, project 223257) and NTNU. Simulations were performed using the Maxwell Computing Cluster at the University of Aberdeen.Peer reviewe

    Eco-evolutionary extinction and recolonization dynamics reduce genetic load and increase time to extinction in highly inbred populations

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    Acknowledgements: We thank Maximilian Tschol, Lana Dunan and Justin M. J. Travis for useful discussions and comments on the initial results. All simulations were performed using the Maxwell computing cluster at the University of Aberdeen. APC was supported by the University of Aberdeen. GB was supported by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (UF160614). JMR was supported by NTNU and the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (NFR grant 223257).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

    Strong spatial population structure shapes the temporal coevolutionary dynamics of costly female preference and male display

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    We thank B. Willink Castro and W. R. Tschol for their helpful insights throughout the project. MT and GB were funded by the Royal Society through GB's University Research Fellowship (UF160614) and Research Fellows Enhancement Award (RGF\EA\180184). JMR was supported by Research Council of Norway (SFF-III, project 223257) and NTNU. Computer simulations were performed using the Maxwell Computing Cluster at the University of Aberdeen.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
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