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cryptic female choice: a standalone construct

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Behavioural ecology

female control during or after mating that biases which male's sperm fertilizes her eggs.

In behavioural ecology, cryptic female choice refers to female control during or after mating that biases which male's sperm fertilizes her eggs. This meaning comes from Thornhill (1983) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

  1. Thornhill, R. (1983). Cryptic Female Choice and Its Implications in the Scorpionfly Harpobittacus nigriceps. The American Naturalist, 122(6), 765-788. https://doi.org/10.1086/284170

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