title: Sexual conflict: male control of female longevity.
abstract: Males and females have different evolutionary interests resulting in sexual conflict over optimal life histories. A new study in Caenorhabditis elegans shows that males hijack female physiology after mating to cause body shrinking and, ultimately, death. But how do males benefit from female demise?
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, Uppsala, SE-752 36, Sweden.
authors.forename: Martyna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwoinska
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, Uppsala, SE-752 36, Sweden.
authors.forename: Martin I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Lind
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, Uppsala, SE-752 36, Sweden. Electronic address: alexei.maklakov@ebc.uu.se.
authors.forename: Alexei A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Maklakov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008136:Longevity / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*