Why do females across a wide range of taxa mate with more than one male? We suggest
that a better understanding of polyandry may be gained by considering the implications of …

Fundamental to the recently–proposed hypothesis that females mate with more than one
male as a hedge against genetic incompatibility is the premise that mechanisms are available …

Arising from MA Nowak, CE Tarnita & EO Wilson Nature466, 1057–1062 (2010)10.1038/nature09205
; Nowak et al. reply Nowak et al. argue that inclusive fitness theory has been of …

Behavioural ecology is currently undergoing a paradigm shift, with the traditional concepts
of the choosy, monogamous female and the coadapted gene complex increasingly giving …

Although it is generally accepted that females can gain material benefits by mating with more
than one male, the proposal that polyandry provides genetic benefits remains controversial…

Darwin's recognition that male–male competition and female choice could favor the evolution
of exaggerated male traits detrimental to survival set the stage for more than a century of …

Evolution is frequently concentrated in bursts of rapid morphological change and speciation
followed by long‐term stasis. We propose that this pattern of punctuated equilibria results …

In birds and frogs, species pairs retain the capacity to produce viable hybrids for tens of
millions of years, an order of magnitude longer than mammals. What accounts for these …

Among the many hypotheses proposed to account for the unparalleled diversification of the
Insecta, attributes of the egg stage have been largerly overlooked. Comparison with the …

Long-branch attraction is a systematic artifact that results in erroneous groupings of fast-evolving
taxa. The combination of short, deep internodes in tandem with long-branch attraction …