Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite

The idea of subfertile or altogether infertile sperm seems an evolutionary paradox, so why have they evolved in a diverse set of species, from molluscs to mice? Understanding sperm sociality may provide the answer.

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Autores principales: Pizzari, Tommaso, Foster, Kevin R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
Materias:
Unsolved Mystery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060130
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spelling pubmed-24309142008-06-19 Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite Pizzari, Tommaso Foster, Kevin R PLoS Biol Unsolved Mystery The idea of subfertile or altogether infertile sperm seems an evolutionary paradox, so why have they evolved in a diverse set of species, from molluscs to mice? Understanding sperm sociality may provide the answer. Public Library of Science 2008-05 2008-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2430914/ /pubmed/18507504 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060130 Text en © 2008 Pizzari and Foster. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Pizzari, Tommaso
Foster, Kevin R
Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite
title Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite
title_full Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite
title_fullStr Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite
title_full_unstemmed Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite
title_short Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite
title_sort sperm sociality: cooperation, altruism, and spite
topic Unsolved Mystery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060130
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