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Increased male investment in sperm competition results in reduced maintenance of gametes
Male animals often show higher mutation rates than their female conspecifics. A hypothesis for this male bias is that competition over fertilization of female gametes leads to increased male investment into reproduction at the expense of maintenance and repair, resulting in a trade-off between male...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37014875 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002049 |