Sexual conflict: the battle of the sexes reversed.
In most species one sex is more reluctant to mate than the other. Standard explanations invoking potential reproductive rates have shortcomings that are illustrated by a new study of eager female and reluctant male antelopes.
Kokko
Hanna
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Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 65, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. hanna.kokko@helsinki.fi
Jennions
Michael D
MD
D000818:Animals; D000866:Antelopes / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012744:Sex Ratio; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*