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This preference suggests that mating with such males will increase offspring survival.
Wolves themselves naturally avoid mating with such close kin, but the pair on Isle Royale have no other options.
We found that larger, heavier, and older Brown trout male are indeed more dominant in male-male interactions, but females may not improve their offspring's genetic viability by mating with such males.
Mating with such males would be beneficial for females because highly heterozygous males should produce offspring which are more heterozygous than the offspring of males chosen at random.
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In another version of this model, Brown also suggested that when a "best" male is found, his superiority may be due to heterozygosity at one or more loci, and females may prefer to mate with such males to increase their offspring heterozygosity or diversity [ 1].
Also, selfers might not suffer from the physiological problems associated with mating with another individual, such as those involved in copulation or in mate searching [ 7, 8], or from demographic costs when colonizing new habitats on their own [ 9, 10].
Females may gain other types of genetic benefits by mating with heterozygous males, such as increasing the within-brood genetic diversity of offspring [ 1, 67, 68], or optimizing the heterozygosity of offspring [ 69- 71].
Because extra-territorial or unfamiliar females are likely to visit a male's territory unpredictably, perhaps the most likely explanation for our results is that it always pays to pursue mating opportunities with such females more vigorously in order to maximize the chances of achieving mating success within a potentially limited timeframe.
Alt adds that the data don't necessarily suggest incest, mating with very close family members such as parents or siblings.
A woman benefits from mating with a man who possesses such qualities as her children will most likely inherit qualities that increase fitness and survivorship.
In such panmictic populations, mating with a diploid male and reproducing like a virgin have no cost.
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