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polyandry: a standalone construct

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polyandry1 CONSTRUCTPolyandryJENNIONS · BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY

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Behavioural ecology

females mating with more than one male, examined for the genetic benefits it may bring to offspring.

In behavioural ecology, polyandry refers to females mating with more than one male, examined for the genetic benefits it may bring to offspring. This meaning comes from Jennions (2000) in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.[1]

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  1. Jennions, M. D., & Petrie, M. (2000). Why do females mate multiply? A review of the genetic benefits. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 75(1), 21-64. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0006323199005423

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