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While females may gain some benefits from multiple matings, overall polyandry is costly and mated females are often aggressive towards males (also see below). en.wikipedia.org

Female polyandry has benefits for females such as fertility insurance, paternal care insurance and dispersal of mortality risk. en.wikipedia.org

As polygyny is the most common form of polygamy among vertebrates (including humans, to some extent), it has been studied far more extensively than polyandry. en.wikipedia.org

Polyandry, though, is the most common mating system of dunnocks found in nature. en.wikipedia.org

It was informed by a fraternal polyandry and polygyny where possible. en.wikipedia.org

Most typically, fraternal polyandry is practiced, but sometimes father and son have a common wife, which is a unique family structure in the world. en.wikipedia.org

Most are thought to be monogamous, although polygyny and polyandry have been reported. en.wikipedia.org

Polyandry also occurs as male marmosets are responsible for carrying the infants on their backs. en.wikipedia.org

This polygyny coexists with a temporal polyandry during the pregnancy in order to improve the qualities of the baby. en.wikipedia.org

Sequential polyandry will allow females to have a multiple clutches in different nest sites. en.wikipedia.org

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