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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...
Autores principales: | Møller, AP, Cuervo, JJ |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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