Evolution and co-evolution of the suck behaviour, a postcopulatory female resistance trait that manipulates received ejaculate
Together, our study demonstrates sexually antagonistic coevolution leading to the evolution of a postcopulatory behavioural trait that functions as a female counter-adaptation allowing individuals to gain control over received ejaculate in a hermaphroditic sexual system.
Authors
- Pragya Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7411-3206)
- Lukas Schärer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0209-9871)
- Jeremias N. Brand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6126-8279)
Institutions
- University of Basel (CH)
- Bielefeld University (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02171-5
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.05
Funders
- Universität Bielefeld