Female ornamentation and the fecundity trade-off in a sex-role reversed pipefish
K. B. Mobley, J. R. Morrongiello, M. Warr, D. Bray, B. B. M. Wong
The paper examines the trade-off between female ornamentation and fecundity in pipefish, finding that larger ornaments correlate with higher fecundity but not reduced egg size.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2018Evolutionary Biology