High female survival promotes evolution of protogyny and sexual conflict.

Existing models explaining the evolution of sexual dimorphism in the timing of emergence (SDT) in Lepidoptera assume equal mortality rates for males and females. The limiting assumption of equal mortality rates has the consequence that these models are only able to explain the evolution of emergence...

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Main Authors: Tobias Degen, Thomas Hovestadt, Oliver Mitesser, Franz Hölker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4361667?pdf=render