Laboratory evolution of polyandry in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Journal article

The evolution and maintenance of multiple mating in females (polyandry) is an adaptive puzzle since females typically obtain all the resources they need from males in only one or a few matings. Females should therefore limit superfluous copulations to avoid the well-documented costs of mating. Previous studies have tended to focus on the maintenance of polyandry, and have examined the wide range of costs and benefits to females of multiple mating in species with varying levels of polyandry. T...

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Authors: Burton-Chellew, M; Beukeboom, L; West, SA; Shuker, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
• Volume: 74
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1147-1154
• Publication date: 2007-11-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.028
• ISSN: 0003-3472
• Language: English
• Keywords: female receptivity; Nasonia vitripennis; courtship; remating; copulation duration; parasitoid wasp; multiple mating