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The Adaptive Function of Masturbation in a Promiscuous African Ground Squirrel

BACKGROUND: Studies of animal mating systems increasingly emphasize female multiple mating and cryptic sexual selection, particularly sperm competition. Males under intense sperm competition may manipulate sperm quantity and quality through masturbation, which could waste sperm and decrease fertilit...

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Autor principal: Waterman, Jane M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013060