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By Hook or by Crook? Morphometry, Competition and Cooperation in Rodent Sperm

BACKGROUND: Sperm design varies enormously across species and sperm competition is thought to be a major factor influencing this variation. However, the functional significance of many sperm traits is still poorly understood. The sperm of most murid rodents are characterised by an apical hook of the...

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Autores principales: Immler, Simone, Moore, Harry D.M., Breed, William G., Birkhead, Tim R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1764683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17245446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000170