Influences of aging and mating history in males on paternity success in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.

ABSTRACT: The investment of males in reproductive traits is often associated with their age. For example, several empirical and theoretical studies have demonstrated that older males make greater investment in reproduction compared with younger males. However, with regards to post-copulatory sexual selection, male reproductive success might be influenced by decreasing sperm quality with male age and the interaction between aging and mating experience in males. However, only a few studies that investigated influences of male aging as well as male mating experience on their post-copulatory sexual selection. In this study, we investigated paternity success influenced by the post-copulatory sexual selection of males at different ages in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. To investigate the effect

SUBMITTER: Kawakami R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11665990 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature