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Sperm competition and the evolution of sperm design in mammals

BACKGROUND: The influence of sperm competition upon sperm size has been a controversial issue during the last 20 years which remains unresolved for mammals. The hypothesis that, when ejaculates compete with rival males, an increase in sperm size would make sperm more competitive because it would inc...

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Autores principales: Tourmente, Maximiliano, Gomendio, Montserrat, Roldan, Eduardo RS
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21232104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-12