Journal article
Differences between the sexes in direction and duration of response to seeing a potential sex partner mate with another
Abstract
We have shown previously that: (1) female Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica, increase and male Japanese quail decrease their tendencies to affiliate with potential sex partners after seeing them mate, and (2) in both sexes of quail, affiliative preferences and choice of a sex partner are highly correlated. Here we predict that because effects of a prior male's sperm on a second male's probability of fertilizing a female are relatively brief, a …
Authors
White DJ; Galef BG
Journal
Animal Behaviour, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 1235–1240
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2000
DOI
10.1006/anbe.1999.1431
ISSN
0003-3472