Sexual selection after gamete release in broadcast spawning invertebrates

• Published in: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences Vol. 375; no. 1813; p. 20200069
• Main Authors: Evans, Jonathan P, Lymbery, Rowan A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 07.12.2020
• Subjects: Review; broadcast spawner; cryptic female choice; polyandry; sexual cascade; marine; ejaculate

Broadcast spawning invertebrates offer highly tractable models for evaluating sperm competition, gamete-level mate choice and sexual conflict. By displaying the ancestral mating strategy of external fertilization, where sexual selection is constrained to act after gamete release, broadcast spawners...