性冲突：性别之战的逆转。

Sexual conflict: the battle of the sexes reversed.

作者信息

Kokko Hanna, Jennions Michael D

机构信息

Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 65, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2008 Feb 12;18(3):R121-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.063.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.063

PMID:18269907

Abstract

In most species one sex is more reluctant to mate than the other. Standard explanations invoking potential reproductive rates have shortcomings that are illustrated by a new study of eager female and reluctant male antelopes.

摘要

在大多数物种中，一种性别比另一种性别更不愿意交配。援引潜在繁殖率的标准解释存在缺陷，一项对急切的雌性羚羊和不情愿的雄性羚羊的新研究说明了这些缺陷。