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Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive
Sperm from Drosophila simulans that carry a sex-ratio distorter is preferentially lost from females' sperm-storage organs. This suggests that sperm dumping is a major factor affecting sperm competition in this species, and may have evolved in response to sex-ratio distorters.
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19216726 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol109 |
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author | Price, Tom Lewis, Zenobia Wedell, Nina |
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description | Sperm from Drosophila simulans that carry a sex-ratio distorter is preferentially lost from females' sperm-storage organs. This suggests that sperm dumping is a major factor affecting sperm competition in this species, and may have evolved in response to sex-ratio distorters. |
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spelling | pubmed-26562152009-07-20 Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive Price, Tom Lewis, Zenobia Wedell, Nina J Biol Minireview Sperm from Drosophila simulans that carry a sex-ratio distorter is preferentially lost from females' sperm-storage organs. This suggests that sperm dumping is a major factor affecting sperm competition in this species, and may have evolved in response to sex-ratio distorters. BioMed Central 2009 2009-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2656215/ /pubmed/19216726 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol109 Text en Copyright © 2009 BioMed Central Ltd |
spellingShingle | Minireview Price, Tom Lewis, Zenobia Wedell, Nina Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive |
title | Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive |
title_full | Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive |
title_fullStr | Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive |
title_full_unstemmed | Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive |
title_short | Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive |
title_sort | sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive |
topic | Minireview |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19216726 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol109 |
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