... work is properly attributed. Summary: The viscoelastic properties of salmon ovarian fluid support a novel mechanism of post-mating sexual selection in external fertilisers with important implications for understanding the evolution of sexual traits. Cryptic female choice Mate choice Non...

... of individual components is poorly understood. Microsurgical manipulation reveals the parameres and end-plate to be crucial in securing copulation in Callosobruchus maculatus . Parameres Sperm competition Cryptic female choice Aedeagus Callosobruchus Insect genitalia, especially those...

... Reproductive strategy Sperm competition Cryptic female choice Across a wide range of taxa, males often exhibit different tactics to increase their reproductive success: hereafter, alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs; reviewed in Oliveira et al., 2008 ). This is especially common in teleost fishes...