Mass-Specific Metabolic Rate and Sperm Competition Determine Sperm Size in Marsupial Mammals

Two complementary hypotheses have been proposed to explain variation in sperm size. The first proposes that post-copulatory sexual selection favors an increase in sperm size because it enhances sperm swimming speed, which is an important determinant of fertilization success in competitive contexts....

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Autores principales: Tourmente, Maximiliano, Gomendio, Montserrat, Roldan, Eduardo R. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021244

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021244

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