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Sexual selection, germline mutation rate and sperm competition

BACKGROUND: An important component of sexual selection arises because females obtain viability benefits for their offspring from their mate choice. Females choosing extra-pair fertilization generally favor males with exaggerated secondary sexual characters, and extra-pair paternity increases the var...

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Autores principales: Møller, AP, Cuervo, JJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12702218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-3-6