The evolution of female mating frequency and its consequences

该项目探索了雌性交配频率对雄性和雌性生殖生物学的进化意义。这项研究建议使用创新的方法来研究射精特征的进化，将重点放在精子形态和功能的进化上，并将从女性的角度来研究乱交对健康的好处。这项研究使用脊椎动物和无脊椎动物作为模式生物来测试与内部和外部受精模式相关的理论模型的预测和假设。这个项目的设计将允许就精子竞争下的选择得出尖端的、理论上知情的和基于实验的结论。

This project explores the evolutionary significance of female mating frequency for male and female reproductive biology. The research proposes to use innovative approaches to examine the evolution of ejaculate characteristics, will focus on the evolution of sperm form and function, and will examine the fitness benefits of promiscuity from the females' perspective. The research uses both vertebrates and invertebrates as model organisms to test predictions and assumptions of theoretical models relevant to both internal and external modes of fertilization. The design of this project will allow cutting-edge, theoretically informed and experimentally grounded conclusions to be drawn regarding selection under sperm competition.