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Nature’s not perfect: fig wasps try to balance sex ratios for survival but they can get it wrong

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By Jaco M. Greeff
| Tolerance Canada
By Jaco Greeff, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria Television nature programmes and scientific papers tend to celebrate the perfection of evolved traits. But the father of evolution through natural selection, Charles Darwin, warned that evolution would produce quirks and “blunders” that reflect a lineage’s history. Our recent study from the Kruger National Park in South Africa shows how true… Read complete article © The Conversation -
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Nature’s not perfect: fig wasps try to balance sex ratios for survival but they can get it wrong

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By Jaco M. Greeff
| Inkl
Television nature programmes and scientific papers tend to celebrate the perfection of evolved traits. But the father of evolution through natural selection, Charles Darwin, warned that evolution would produce quirks and “blunders” that reflect a lineage’s history. Our recent study from the Kruger National Park in South Africa shows how true this is.
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Determinants of mating success in a lek‐mating species

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By Jeremy Allison, Bernard Slippers, Jaco M. Greeff, Joséphine Queffelec
| Wiley Online Library Verified
INTRODUCTION In the animal kingdom, leks are defined as male-biased aggregations formed for mating, where sperm is the only resource acquired by visiting females (Höglund & Alatalo, 1995). There are many advantages to lek formation, from reduced predation risks to increased mating chances or easy mate location (Field et al., 2002; Höglund & Alatalo, 1995).
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