TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Sexual cannibalism as a manifestation of sexual conflict
JO  - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology
A1  - Schneider, Jutta M.
SP  - a017731
EP  - a017731
VL  - 6
IS  - 11
N2  - Sexual cannibalism is a well-known example for sexual conflict and has many facets that determine the costs and benefits for the cannibal and the victim. Here, I focus on species in which sexual cannibalism is a general component of a mating system in which males invest maximally in mating with a single (monogyny) or two (bigyny) females. Sexual cannibalism can be a male strategy to maximize paternity and a female strategy to prevent paternity monopolization by any or a particular male. Considerable variation exists between species (1) in the potential of males to monopolize females, and (2) in the success of females in preventing monopolization by males. This opens up exciting future possibilities to investigate sexually antagonistic coevolution in a largely unstudied mating system.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1943-0264
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a017731
ID  - ref1
ER  -