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Interesting, reminds me of this article "Previous sexual partners affect offspring": https://time.com/3461485/how-previous-sexual-partners-affect-offspring/ htt
by trallnag 2y ago
Interesting, reminds me of this article "Previous sexual partners affect offspring": https://time.com/3461485/how-previous-sexual-partners-affect-offspring/ https://time.com/3461485/how-previous-sexual-partners-affect...
For example, if a female first has sex with very large virile males and absorbs their sperm packages and then gets fertilized by a tiny frail male, the offspring's size is on the larger side, determined by the previous sexual encounters.
Not sure if there has been any followup on this research.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12373 https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12373
- magneticnorth 2y agoNote: This study was on a particular species of fly. I think that's an important detail left out of the one-sentence summary.
- trallnag 2y agoDeliberately left out to get the reader's noggin joggin'