Male attractiveness is subjective to exposure to males of different attractiveness in fruit flies

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-597600
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.59760

Poissonnier, Laure-Anne

; Danchin, Etienne ; Guillaume, Isabel

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Abstract

Mate choice is a crucial decision in any animal. In terms of fitness, the best mate is the one that leads to the most abundant and productive offspring. Pairing with a low-quality mate would reduce fitness, generating selection for accurate and subtle mate choice in all animal species. Hence, mate choice is expected to be highly context dependent, and should depend on other potential options. For ...