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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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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 |