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 …

Reviewing the genetic evidence for sex-biased dispersal in elasmobranchs

NM Phillips, F Devloo-Delva, C McCall… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2021 - Springer
Dispersal in many organisms is asymmetric by sex, a pattern that is often identified through
the use of genetic tools. Sex-biased dispersal (SBD) is thought to derive from the varying …

Cryptic haplotype-specific gamete selection yields offspring with optimal MHC immune genes

TL Lenz, N Hafer, IE Samonte, SE Yeates, M Milinski - Evolution, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Females choose specific mates in order to produce fitter offspring. However, several factors
interfere with females' control over fertilization of their eggs, including sneaker males and …

MHC class II‐assortative mate choice in European badgers (Meles meles)

YW Sin, G Annavi, C Newman, C Buesching… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a crucial role in the immune system, and
in some species, it is a target by which individuals choose mates to optimize the fitness of …

MHC-dependent mate choice is linked to a trace-amine-associated receptor gene in a mammal

PSC Santos, A Courtiol, AJ Heidel, OP Höner… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes play a pivotal role in vertebrate self/nonself
recognition, parasite resistance and life history decisions. In evolutionary terms, the MHC's …

Implications of size‐selective fisheries on sexual selection

S Uusi‐Heikkilä - Evolutionary Applications, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fisheries often combine high mortality with intensive size selectivity and can, thus, be
expected to reduce body size and size variability in exploited populations. In many fish …

Effects of ovarian fluid and genetic differences on sperm performance and fertilization success of alternative reproductive tactics in Chinook salmon

SJ Lehnert, IAE Butts, EW Flannery… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
In many species, sperm velocity affects variation in the outcome of male competitive
fertilization success. In fishes, ovarian fluid (OF) released with the eggs can increase male …

A review of suggested mechanisms of MHC odor signaling

M Milinski - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immune genes of the vertebrate MHC vary among individuals. Each
individual collection is optimally diverse to provide resistance against some infectious …

Female sperm storage mediates post‐copulatory costs and benefits of ejaculate anticipatory plasticity in the guppy

G Cardozo, A Devigili, P Antonelli… - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Males of many species evolved the capability of adjusting their ejaculate phenotype in
response to social cues to match the expected mating conditions. When females store sperm …

Possible glimpses into early speciation: The effect of ovarian fluid on sperm velocity accords with post‐copulatory isolation between two guppy populations

A Devigili, JL Fitzpatrick, C Gasparini… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Identifying mechanisms of reproductive isolation is key to understanding speciation. Among
the putative mechanisms underlying reproductive isolation, sperm–female interactions (post …