Should females prefer old males?

A new study published in Evolution Letters investigates whether the benefits of mating with an older, more experienced male outweigh the costs that paternal senescence may confer to the offspring. One of the study’s authors, Carolina Segami, tells us more.  Click here for a Spanish translation of this blogpost Choosing a mate is a critical …

Population spatial structure moderates sexual conflict

A new study published in Evolution Letters uses an experimental evolution approach to provide important new insights into how sexual interactions are modulated. Author Dr Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez tells us more. During the times of Justinian the Great, around the year 550 A.D., the legend says that a ruler in a vast region of what was known …