Escalation and constraints of antagonistic armaments in water striders
A. J. J. Crumiere, D. Armisen, A. Vargas-Lowman, M. Kubarakos, F. F. F. Moreira, A. Khila
This study examines sexually antagonistic coevolution in water striders, finding escalation of male grasping and female anti-grasping traits, constrained by trade-offs with flight dispersal.
bioRxiv · Sep 29, 2018Evolutionary Biology