Sexual selection: conflict, kindness and chicanery.
Multiple mating by females can result in fitness costs for both sexes, and to reduce these costs each sex may attempt to manipulate the other. Substantial insights into the nature of this sexual antagonism have recently come from studies of two different fly species.
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4004, USA.
D000818:Animals; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal