Is there indirect selection on female extra-pair reproduction through cross-sex genetic correlations with male reproductive fitness?

• Published in: Evolution Letters
• Main Authors: Reid, Jane M., Wolak, Matthew E.
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: additive genetic variance; heritability; lifetime reproductive success; mating system evolution; polyandry; quantitative genetics; sexual conflict; QH301 Biology; European Research Council; 309453; QH301; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/10837; https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.56

We thank Peter Arcese, Lukas Keller and Pirmin Nietlisbach for their support and long-term contributions to the dataset; the Tsawout and Tseycum First Nations bands for access to Mandarte; everyone who contributed to long-term data collection; and Greta Bocedi for helpful comments. JMR and MEW were funded by the European Research Council and NSERC (Canada) provided invaluable long-term support for the field study. The authors declare no conflict of interest. The doi for our data is 10.5061/dryad.p6df410. Peer reviewed