Alternative mating tactics in brown widow spiders: mating with or without male self-sacrifice does not affect the copulatory mechanism
Our results suggest that the somersault has evolved solely due to the selective advantages of sexual cannibalism. The costs and benefits of both mating tactics need to be further explored using paternity studies in order to understand their relative adaptive value.
Authors
- Maydianne C. B. Andrade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2931-5378)
- Dante Poy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7108-1379)
- Lenka Sentenská (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5723-9245)
- George R. Uhl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8758-7913)
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Masaryk University (CZ)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- Universität Greifswald (DE)
- Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum (AR)
- University of Argentine Social Museum (AR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Zoology
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-025-00560-8
- Primary Topic
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Masarykova Univerzita
- Universität Greifswald
- HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions