MATING WITH STRESSED MALES INCREASES THE FITNESS OF ANT QUEENS.

BACKGROUND: According to sexual conflict theory, males can increase their own fitness by transferring substances during copulation that increase the short-term fecundity of their mating partners at the cost of the future life expectancy and re-mating capability of the latter.In contrast, sexual cooperation is expected in social insects.Mating indee

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