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Rival Male Relatedness Does Not Affect Ejaculate Allocation as Predicted by Sperm Competition Theory
When females are sexually promiscuous, the intensity of sperm competition for males depends on how many partners females mate with. To maximize fitness, males should adjust their copulatory investment in relation to this intensity. However, fitness costs associated with sperm competition may not onl...
Autores principales: | Thomas, Melissa L., Simmons, Leigh W. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18478102 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002151 |
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