Heat stress reveals a fertility debt owing to postcopulatory sexual selection
J. Baur, M. Zwoinska, M. Koppik, R. Snook, D. Berger
This study shows that male fertility declines under heat stress when evolved under strong postcopulatory sexual selection, with similar effects observed in females, suggesting a fertility debt linked to sexual selection.
bioRxiv · Oct 31, 2022Evolutionary Biology