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polyandry

Description: Polyandry is a mating or marital system in which a female or woman has multiple male partners or husbands, studied in biology and anthropology.
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The "Challenge Hypothesis": Theoretical Implications for Patterns of Testosterone Secretion, Mating Systems, and Breeding Strategies
1990 · John C. Wingfield, Robert E. Hegner, et al. · The American Naturalist · 2,330
Sexual Dimorphism, Sexual Selection, and Adaptation in Polygenic Characters
1980 · Russell Lande · Evolution · 1,884
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Why do females mate multiply? A review of the genetic benefits
2000 · MICHAEL D. JENNIONS, MARION PETRIE · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1,717
The evolution of polyandry: multiple mating and female fitness in insects
2000 · Göran Arnqvist, Tina Nilsson · Animal Behaviour · 1,548
On the Evolution of Mating Systems in Birds and Mammals
1969 · Gordon H. Orians · The American Naturalist · 1,514
Review Lecture: Mammalian mating systems
1989 · Timothy Hugh Clutton-Brock · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1,414
Genetic compatibility, mate choice and patterns of parentage: Invited Review
2000 · T. Tregenza, N. Wedell · Molecular Ecology · 958
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Mammals in Which Females are Larger Than Males
1976 · Katherine Ralls · The Quarterly Review of Biology · 719
Ancestral Monogamy Shows Kin Selection Is Key to the Evolution of Eusociality
2008 · William O. H. Hughes, Benjamin P. Oldroyd, et al. · Science · 682
The evolution of polyandry I: intragenomic conflict and genetic incompatibility
1996 · Jeanne A. Zeh, David W. Zeh · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 658
The evolution of polyandry II: post–copulatory defenses against genetic incompatibility
1997 · Jeanne A. Zeh, David W. Zeh · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 558
Why do females mate multiply? A review of the genetic benefits
2000 · MICHAEL D. JENNIONS, MARION PETRIE · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 555
Comparative evidence for the evolution of genitalia by sexual selection
1998 · Göran Arnqvist · Nature · 538
Hedging one's evolutionary bets
1974 · Montgomery Slatkin · Nature · 537
Polyandrous females avoid costs of inbreeding
2002 · Tom Tregenza, Nina Wedell · Nature · 516
Genetic Diversity in Honey Bee Colonies Enhances Productivity and Fitness
2007 · Heather R. Mattila, Thomas D. Seeley · Science · 510
Parental care and mating behaviour of polyandrous dunnocks Prunella modularis related to paternity by DNA fingerprinting
1989 · T. Burke, N. B. Davies, et al. · Nature · 509
The Evolution of Polyandry: Sperm Competition, Sperm Selection, and Offspring Viability
2005 · Leigh W. Simmons · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 502
The Evolution of Monogamy: Hypotheses and Evidence
1980 · J F Wittenberger, R L Tilson · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 501
Experimental variation in polyandry affects parasite loads and fitness in a bumble-bee
1999 · Boris Baer, Paul Schmid-Hempel · Nature · 455
The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems
1984 · Michael J. Wade, R. Thornhill, et al. · Evolution · 448
Sperm Utilization Strategies in Nonsocial Insects
1980 · William F. Walker · The American Naturalist · 442
Mating Frequency and Fecundity in Insects
1988 · M. RIDLEY · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 410
Multiple paternity in reptiles: patterns and processes
2008 · TOBIAS ULLER, MATS OLSSON · Molecular Ecology · 358
Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution
1992 · N B Davies, David Quinn · 350
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