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Here we developed an agent-based model simulating the evolution of two different female mating strategies (monandry versus polyandry) under the spread of a hypothetical sexually transmitted disease implying reproductive costs. Our results strongly support the existence of feedback loops between the pathogen\u2019s transmissibility and the evolution of mating strategies. Importantly, we found several unexpected, non-linear emerging behaviours of the system, as well as tipping points which were undocumented under the conditions we considered here: i) medium-high\/high probabilities of disease transmission per sexual contact reveal switches between disease-free and endemic outcomes, ii) counterintuitively, the disappearance of the pathogen might be a good indicator and predictor of the imminent extinction of the polyandrous genotype\/phenotype\/strategy from the population, and iii) probabilities of transmission above a medium-low threshold can offset the spread of polyandry even when this behaviour entails pronounced benefits. 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