Our new paper, led by Isabella Martinez, has been published today in Animal Behaviour. We used hemiclonal analysis to sample naturally occurring variation in male mating duration and measure the fitness consequences of prolonged matings for both males and females. We found that longer matings resulted in a paternity advantage for males, but lowered the total number of offspring produced by females, indicating sexual conflict over this behavior. 
Read Barnard's coverage of this work here.

Our new paper is out today in Evolution! This work was led by our lab technician, Avigayil Lev, and co-authored by lab alum (and current biology staff member) Abigail Gutierrez and undergrad Aanya Srinivasan. Although male mate choice is typically thought to evolve because of the direct fitness benefits that males receive from being choosy (in the form of more offspring sired), we show that male mate choice can also confer ​indirect fitness benefits (in the form of more successful daughters) that reinforce these direct benefits. 
Check out Barnard's coverage of this work here.