Why do some animals mate with one partner rather than many? A review of causes and consequences of monogamy

Mate guarding and frequent copulation in birds: A meta-analysis of their relationship to paternity and male phenotype

(2016) Anna M. F. Harts et al.   EVOLUTION

A rigorous comparison of sexual selection indexes via simulations of diverse mating systems

(2016) Jonathan M. Henshaw et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Disentangling the Correlated Evolution of Monogamy and Cooperation

(2016) Jacqueline R. Dillard et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Coevolution of parental investment and sexually selected traits drives sex-role divergence

(2016) Lutz Fromhage et al.   Nature Communications

The evolution of monogamy in response to partner scarcity

(2016) Ryan Schacht et al.   Scientific Reports

The Adaptive Significance of Provisioning and Foraging Coordination between Breeding Partners

(2015) Mylene M. Mariette et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Genetic similarity is broadly associated with genetic polyandry in birds: a comment on Arct et al.

(2015) Simon C. Griffith   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Mate choice and genetic monogamy in a biparental, colonial fish

(2015) F. C. Schaedelin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

What can we really say about relatedness and extrapair paternity: a comment on Arct et al.

(2015) Jane M. Reid   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Genetic similarity between mates predicts extrapair paternity—a meta-analysis of bird studies

(2015) Aneta Arct et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

An effective sperm competition avoidance strategy in crabs drives genetic monogamy despite evidence of polyandry

(2015) Luis M Pardo et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Mate Familiarity Affects Pairing Behaviour in a Long-Term Monogamous Lizard: Evidence from Detailed Bio-Logging and a 31-Year Field Study

(2015) Stephan T. Leu et al.   ETHOLOGY

Bet-hedging via polyandry: a comment on ‘Mating portfolios: bet-hedging, sexual selection and female multiple mating’: Table 1.

(2015) Jonathan M. Henshaw et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fitness Benefits of Mate Choice for Compatibility in a Socially Monogamous Species

(2015) Malika Ihle et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Genetic relationships within colonies suggest genetic monogamy in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber)

(2015) Alena Syrůčková et al.   Mammal Research

Trading up: the fitness consequences of divorce in monogamous birds

(2014) Antica Culina et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Genetic Evidence for Monogamy in the Dwarf Seahorse,Hippocampus zosterae

(2014) Emily Rose et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Sperm competition and the evolution of gametic compatibility in externally fertilizing taxa

(2014) E.T. Kosman et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

High Urban Breeding Densities Do Not Disrupt Genetic Monogamy in a Bird Species

(2014) Sol Rodriguez-Martínez et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of social monogamy in primates is not consistently associated with male infanticide

(2014) D. Lukas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Natural selection drives the evolution of ant life cycles

(2014) E. O. Wilson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reply to Lukas and Clutton-Brock: Infanticide still drives primate monogamy

(2014) C. Opie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Correlates of genetic monogamy in socially monogamous mammals: insights from Azara's owl monkeys

(2014) M. Huck et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Better stay together: pair bond duration increases individual fitness independent of age-related variation

(2014) O. Sanchez-Macouzet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sexually transmitted infection and the evolution of serial monogamy

(2014) D. V. McLeod et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mating portfolios: bet-hedging, sexual selection and female multiple mating

(2014) F. Garcia-Gonzalez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The evolution of infanticide by males in mammalian societies

(2014) D. Lukas et al.   SCIENCE

Group Formation, Relatedness, and the Evolution of Multicellularity

(2013) Roberta M. Fisher et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The polyandry revolution

(2013) T. Pizzari et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Beyond promiscuity: mate-choice commitments in social breeding

(2013) J. J. Boomsma   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Polyandry as a mediator of sexual selection before and after mating

(2013) C. Kvarnemo et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Effect of Multiple Paternity on Genetic Diversity of Small Populations during and after Colonisation

(2013) Marina Rafajlović et al.   PLoS One

Male infanticide leads to social monogamy in primates

(2013) C. Opie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Monogamy with a purpose

(2013) F. B. M. de Waal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Evolution of Social Monogamy in Mammals

(2013) D. Lukas et al.   SCIENCE

The evolution of sex roles in birds is related to adult sex ratio

(2013) András Liker et al.   Nature Communications

No evidence for size-assortative mating in the wild despite mutual mate choice in sex-role-reversed pipefishes

(2013) Kenyon B. Mobley et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Why Do Cuckolded Males Provide Paternal Care?

(2013) Ashleigh S. Griffin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Does hatching failure breed infidelity?

(2012) Malika Ihle et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Human origins and the transition from promiscuity to pair-bonding

(2012) S. Gavrilets   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Major histocompatibility complex class II compatibility, but not class I, predicts mate choice in a bird with highly developed olfaction

(2012) M. Strandh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cooperative breeding and monogamy in mammalian societies

(2012) D. Lukas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Multiply mated males show higher embryo survival in a paternally caring fish

(2011) Gry Sagebakken et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Estimating genetic benefits of polyandry from experimental studies: a meta-analysis

(2011) Rachel A. Slatyer et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Serial monogamy in the European long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus

(2011) Lucy C. Woodall et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

DOES GENETIC DIVERSITY REDUCE SIBLING COMPETITION?

(2011) J. David Aguirre et al.   EVOLUTION

The ovarian structure and mode of egg production in two polygamous pipefishes: a link to mating pattern

(2011) A. Sogabe et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Only full-sibling families evolved eusociality

(2011) Jacobus J. Boomsma et al.   NATURE

Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

(2011) Patrick Abbot et al.   NATURE

Evolution of olfaction in non-avian theropod dinosaurs and birds

(2011) D. K. Zelenitsky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Inbreeding Promotes Female Promiscuity

(2011) L. Michalczyk et al.   SCIENCE

Reproductive Synchrony and Extra-pair Copulation in Birds

(2010) T. R. BIRKHEAD et al.   ETHOLOGY

Promiscuity and the evolutionary transition to complex societies

(2010) Charlie K. Cornwallis et al.   NATURE

The evolution of eusociality

(2010) Martin A. Nowak et al.   NATURE

Genetic Patterns of Paternity and Testes Size in Mammals

(2010) Carl D. Soulsbury   PLoS One

Females Use Multiple Mating and Genetically Loaded Sperm Competition to Target Compatible Genes

(2010) S. R. Pryke et al.   SCIENCE

The Good‐Genes and Compatible‐Genes Benefits of Mate Choice

(2009) Mikael Puurtinen et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Low level of extrapair parentage in wild zebra finches

(2009) Simon C. Griffith et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Male infertility, female fertility and extrapair copulations

(2009) Oren Hasson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Polyandry enhances offspring survival in an infanticidal species

(2009) I. Klemme et al.   Biology Letters

ON THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SEXUAL SELECTION, THE BATEMAN GRADIENT AND THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF SEXUAL SELECTION

(2009) Adam G. Jones   EVOLUTION

Female infidelity and genetic compatibility in birds: the role of the genetically loaded raffle in understanding the function of extrapair paternity

(2009) Simon C. Griffith et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Do Genetic Diversity Effects Drive the Benefits Associated with Multiple Mating? A Test in a Marine Invertebrate

(2009) Laura McLeod et al.   PLoS One

Mate choice and sexual selection: What have we learned since Darwin?

(2009) A. G. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Market forces affect patterns of polygyny in Uganda

(2009) T. V. Pollet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mutual Mate Choice Can Drive Costly Signaling Even Under Perfect Monogamy

(2008) Paul L. Hooper et al.   ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR

Quantifying and comparing mating systems using normalized mutual entropy

(2008) Susan M. Bertram et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Sexual selection in females

(2008) Tim Clutton-Brock   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Monogamy and the Battle of the Sexes

(2008) D.J. Hosken et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Female praying mantids use sexual cannibalism as a foraging strategy to increase fecundity

(2008) K. L. Barry et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Mate choice, operational sex ratio, and social promiscuity in a wild population of the long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus

(2008) Marie-José Naud et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Monogamy when there is potential for polygyny: tests of multiple hypotheses in a group-living fish

(2008) Marian Y. L. Wong et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

A monogamous pipefish has the same type of ovary as observed in monogamous seahorses

(2008) A. Sogabe et al.   Biology Letters

Asynchronous breeding in the socially monogamous prairie vole

(2008) Jerry O. Wolff et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Variance in reproductive success and the opportunity for selection in a serially monogamous species: simulations of the mating system of Tropheus (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

(2008) Kristina M. Sefc   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Genetic monogamy in the Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

(2008) Oddmund Kleven et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Parental investment, sexual selection and sex ratios

(2008) HANNA KOKKO et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Single paternity within broods of the brown crab Cancer pagurus: a highly fecund species with  long-term sperm storage

(2008) NJ McKeown et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

The effect of multiple paternity on the genetically effective size of a population

(2008) STEPHEN A. KARL   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Selfish Genetic Elements Promote Polyandry in a Fly

(2008) T. A. R. Price et al.   SCIENCE

Ancestral Monogamy Shows Kin Selection Is Key to the Evolution of Eusociality

(2008) W. O. H. Hughes et al.   SCIENCE

Schistosome monogamy: who, how, and why?

(2008) S. Beltran et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

A model for the evolutionary maintenance of monogyny in spiders

(2007) Lutz Fromhage et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Extra pair paternity in birds: a review of interspecific variation and adaptive function

(2003) Simon C. Griffith et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY