Centre for Ecology & Conservation, College of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.
Curr Biol. 2016 Jun 6;26(11):R478-80. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.052.
How is sexual conflict during reproduction resolved when parents collaborate to rear offspring? A new study shows that female burying beetles communicate their hormonal status to their male partners to avoid costly superfluous mating, using an anti-aphrodisiac pheromone.
当父母共同养育后代时,繁殖期间的性冲突是如何解决的?一项新的研究表明,雌性埋葬虫通过使用一种抗引诱信息素来向其雄性伴侣传达其激素状态,以避免代价高昂的多余交配。