The use of molecular techniques for parentage analysis has been a booming science for
over a decade. The most important technological breakthrough was the introduction of …

For sexual selection to act on a given sex, there must exist variation in the reproductive
success of that sex as a result of differential access to mates or fertilisations. The …

While both sperm number and quality are now recognized to be important in determining the
outcome of sperm competition, very few studies have experimentally assessed the influence …

As inbreeding is costly, it has been suggested that polyandry may evolve as a means to
reduce the negative fitness consequences of mating with genetically related males. While …

Polyandry, where females mate with multiple males, means that a male's reproductive
success will depend both on his ability to acquire mates and the ability of his sperm to …

The characterization of patterns of multiple mating is a major facet of molecular ecology and
is paramount to understanding the evolution of behaviours associated with parental care …

Deleterious mutations can accumulate in the germline with age, decreasing the genetic
quality of sperm and imposing a cost on female fitness. If these mutations also affect sperm …

Convergent evolution represents one of the best lines of evidence for adaptation, but few
cases of phenotypic convergence are understood at the genetic level. Guppies inhabiting …

In semelparous populations, dormant germ banks (eg seeds) have been proposed as
important in maintaining genotypes that are adaptive at different times in fluctuating …

Recent theory predicts that in species where females tend to mate with the relatively most
ornamented males, males may increase their attractiveness to females, and hence mating …