Male mate size preference in Teleopsis dalmanni
Finnegan, S., Nitsche, L., Monandi, M., Camus, M.F., Fowler, K., Pomiankowski, A. (2021). Male mate size preference in Teleopsis dalmanni. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d6c36f89-07f1-4bcc-96a0-f5302fd3ccec
These data are the recorded outcomes of binary male choice experiments. Teleopsis dalmanni males were able to choose to mate with either a large or a small female. Individuals were taken from laboratory stock populations. Also included is information on male genotype indicating if he is a carrier of a sex-ratio distorting or nondistorting X chromosome, and a calculation of male preference. The second dataset additionally contains measures of male eyespan and thorax length obtained by measuring images.
All data were generated by the authors. Mating observations were standardised by only admitting mating behaviour that lasted longer than a pre-determined amount of time.
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