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Mating in the cold. Prolonged sperm storage provides opportunities for forced copulation by male bats during winter
In a wide range of heterothermic mammals, hibernation interrupts the reproductive cycle by forcing reproductive delays. In hibernating bats with delayed fertilization, an opportunity for sperm competition is enhanced by extending a time-window between copulations and fertilization. In order to achie...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37745243 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1241470 |