Avigayil Lev

Barnard College

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Barnard College

Department Of Biological Sciences

Department Of Theatre

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Avigayil Lev

Barnard College

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evolutionary biology biology fitness behavioral ecology sexual selection evolutionary ecology reproductive biology male mate choice genetics population genetics evolutionary psychology mating psychology sex differences genetic variation coevolution adaptation biological evolution evolutionary genetics reproductive success reproduction response male size drosophila melanogaster gender studies phylogenetics population biology heredity mammalian biology sex research sociobiology ethology animal behavior developmental system evolutionary applications reproductive science natural selection developmental genetics evolutionary theory mutualistic interactions gametes fertilisation artificial selection life history changes indirect fitness benefits direct fitness benefits author response rivals does large females longer matings

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Exposure to Rivals Does Not Affect Male Mate Choice in Drosophila Melanogaster. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

coevolutionfitnessanimal behaviormale mate choiceethologyrivals doesreproduction responsebehavioral sciencesecology and evolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologymating psychologymutualistic interactionsbehavioral ecologysocial behaviorsexual selectionbiologyevolutionary biologyreproductive biologysex differencesevolutionary psychology

Indirect Fitness Benefits Can Reinforce the Direct Fitness Benefits of Male Mate Choice. Evolution (2025)

direct fitness benefitsmale mate choicesociobiologysexual selectiongender studiesbehavioral sciencesindirect fitness benefitsmating psychologysex researchfitnessevolutionary psychologybehavioral ecology

Longer Matings Increase Male Competitive Fertilization Success in Drosophila Melanogaster. Biology Letters (2025)

coevolutionfitnessreproductive sciencegametesfertilisationreproduction responseecology and evolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologyevolutionary applicationsfertilitygeneticsreproductive successpopulation geneticsbehavioral ecologylonger matingsdevelopmental systemsexual selectionbiologyevolutionary biologyreproductive biology

Genetic Variation in Male Mate Choice for Large Females in Drosophila Melanogaster. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

evolutionary geneticsgeneticsmale mate choicepopulation geneticslarge femalesbehavioral ecologysexual selectionevolutionary biologygenetic variationreproductive biologysex differencesfitnessadaptation

Life History Changes Associated With Over 400 Generations of Artificial Selection on Body Size in Drosophila. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2024)

Andrew D StewartCalvin M HerrickTrevor R FitzgibbonJames M WehnerAvigayil LevPatricia A VentiAlison Pischedda

evolutionary geneticsgeneticspopulation geneticsphylogeneticsdevelopmental geneticshereditypopulation biologybiological evolutionlife history changesartificial selectionbiologyevolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologymammalian biologynatural selectiongenetic variationevolutionary theoryadaptation

Author Response for"Male Size Does Not Affect the Strength of Male Mate Choice for High‐Quality Females in I Drosophila Melanogaster /I". (2023)

drosophila melanogasterreproductive successauthor responsemale sizesexual selectionbiologyevolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologymating psychologyreproductive biologysex differencesfitnessevolutionary psychologybehavioral ecology

Male Size Does Not Affect the Strength of Male Mate Choice for High-Quality Females in Drosophila Melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2023)

Avigayil LevAlison Pischedda

male mate choicedrosophila melanogastermale sizebiological evolutionbiologyevolutionary biology