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- Title
Evolution: Nice guys finish last.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which investigates that aggressive mating in water striders can result to tragedy of the commons. Researchers from the University of Arizona in Tucson headed by Omar Eldakar and his colleagues found out that harassment of female striders by males has been shown to drive away females causing the decrease on the mating success of all males in a group. They concluded that hyperaggressive males had greater mating success compared to other males within mixed pools.
- Subjects
TUCSON (Ariz.); ARIZONA; WATER striders; SEMIAQUATIC bugs; FRESHWATER animals; ELDAKAR, Omar; UNIVERSITY of Arizona
- Publication
Nature, 2009, Vol 460, Issue 7253, p308
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/460308e