Pre- and post-copulatory traits are affected by experimental inbreeding, but they are not correlated

Abstract Background It has been suggested that the expression of males’ secondary sexual traits provides reliable indicators of their sperm traits, predicting positive correlations between pre- and post-copulatory traits (Fertility Indicator Hypothesis). Yet, it has also been suggested that males fa...

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Main Authors: Doris Nicolakis, Maria Adelaide Marconi, Kerstin E. Auer, Dustin J. Penn, Sarah M. Zala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-05-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02245-4
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