Postmating female control: 20 years of cryptic female choice

RC Firman, C Gasparini, MK Manier… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017‏ - cell.com
Cryptic female choice (CFC) represents postmating intersexual selection arising from female-
driven mechanisms at or after mating that bias sperm use and impact male paternity share …

A quantitative review of MHC‐based mating preference: The role of diversity and dissimilarity

T Kamiya, K O'dwyer, H Westerdahl, A Senior… - Molecular …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Sexual selection hypotheses stipulate that the major histocompatibility complex genes
(MHC) constitute a key molecular underpinning for mate choice in vertebrates. The last four …

Sperm bauplan and function and underlying processes of sperm formation and selection

ME Teves, ERS Roldan - Physiological reviews, 2022‏ - journals.physiology.org
The spermatozoon is a highly differentiated and polarized cell, with two main structures: the
head, containing a haploid nucleus and the acrosomal exocytotic granule, and the flagellum …

Synthesis and scope of the role of postmating prezygotic isolation in speciation

MD Garlovsky, E Whittington… - Cold Spring …, 2024‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
How barriers to gene flow arise and are maintained are key questions in evolutionary
biology. Speciation research has mainly focused on barriers that occur either before mating …

Meta-analytic evidence that animals rarely avoid inbreeding

RA de Boer, R Vega-Trejo, A Kotrschal… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Animals are usually expected to avoid mating with relatives (kin avoidance) as incestuous
mating can lead to the expression of inbreeding depression. Yet, theoretical models predict …

Odour-based discrimination of similarity at the major histocompatibility complex in birds

S Leclaire, M Strandh, J Mardon… - … of the Royal …, 2017‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many animals are known to preferentially mate with partners that are dissimilar at the major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) in order to maximize the antigen binding repertoire (or …

Sperm success and immunity

S Wigby, SS Suarez, BP Lazzaro, T Pizzari… - Current topics in …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The moment of the fertilization of an egg by a spermatozoon—the point of “sperm success”—
is a key milestone in the biology of sexually reproducing species and is a fundamental …

Physiological factors influencing female fertility in birds

K Assersohn, P Brekke… - Royal Society Open …, 2021‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Fertility is fundamental to reproductive success, but not all copulation attempts result in a
fertilized embryo. Fertilization failure is especially costly for females, but we still lack a clear …

Sperm selection in the female mammalian reproductive tract. Focus on the oviduct: Hypotheses, mechanisms, and new opportunities

WV Holt, A Fazeli - Theriogenology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Research over the past 3 decades has caused a major shift in the way that the oviduct, or
fallopian tube, is perceived. Previously, it was regarded as little more than the anatomic site …

[HTML][HTML] Sophisticated fowl: the complex behaviour and cognitive skills of chickens and red junglefowl

L Garnham, H Løvlie - Behavioral Sciences, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
The world's most numerous bird, the domestic chicken, and their wild ancestor, the red
junglefowl, have long been used as model species for animal behaviour research. Recently …