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Differential investment in pre‐ vs. post‐copulatory sexual selection reinforces a cross‐continental reversal of sexual size dimorphism in Sepsis punctum (Diptera: Sepsidae) by Puniamoorthy, N., Blanckenhorn, W. U., Schäfer, M. A.

“…Theory predicts that males have a limited amount of resources to invest in reproduction, suggesting a trade‐off between traits that enhance mate acquisition…”
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From kissing to belly stridulation: comparative analysis reveals surprising diversity, rapid evolution, and much homoplasy in the mating behaviour of 27 species of sepsid flies (Diptera: Sepsidae) by PUNIAMOORTHY, N, ISMAIL, M.R.B, TAN, D.S.H, MEIER, R

“…Our understanding of how fast mating behaviour evolves in insects is rather poor due to a lack of comparative studies among insect groups for which…”
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Differential investment in pre‐ vs. post‐copulatory sexual selection reinforces a cross‐continental reversal of sexual size dimorphism in S epsis punctum ( D iptera: S epsidae) by Puniamoorthy, N., Blanckenhorn, W. U., Schäfer, M. A.

“…Abstract Theory predicts that males have a limited amount of resources to invest in reproduction, suggesting a trade‐off between traits that enhance mate…”
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