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Mate guarding

Mate guarding is a competitive reproductive behaviour, primarily exhibited by males, to monopolize a mate and ensure exclusive paternity by guarding, dissuading, or physically blocking rivals from copulating with the female. Mate guarding behaviour can be pre- or post-copulatory.

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CopulationHeliothis virescensMating plugs
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Reproductive behaviourTerritorialitySperm competition
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Mate guarding

Nodes9
Edges8
Triples12
Avg. degree1.78
Density0.222222
Components1

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Mate guarding

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related to Mate guarding strategies · 8
Mate guarding → Chemical, Frequent, Heliothis, In, Male, Mating, Physical, The
related to Fitness · 2
Mate guarding → Depending, While
is a · 1
Mate guarding → competitive reproductive behaviour
see also · 1
Mate guarding → Territoriality

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mate guarding mating males rivals paternity female sperm behaviour fitness territoriality opportunities male females reproductive may exclusivity resources competition copulation

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Mate guardingis acompetitive reproductive behaviour0.90text
Mate guardingrelated to FitnessWhile0.60section
Mate guardingrelated to FitnessDepending0.60section
Mate guardingrelated to Mate guarding strategiesPhysical0.60section
Mate guardingrelated to Mate guarding strategiesIn0.60section
Mate guardingrelated to Mate guarding strategiesFrequent0.60section
Mate guardingrelated to Mate guarding strategiesMale0.60section
Mate guardingrelated to Mate guarding strategiesChemical0.60section
Mate guardingrelated to Mate guarding strategiesThe0.60section
Mate guardingrelated to Mate guarding strategiesHeliothis0.60section
Mate guardingrelated to Mate guarding strategiesMating0.60section
Mate guardingsee alsoTerritoriality0.60section

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