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Why small males have big sperm: dimorphic squid sperm linked to alternative mating behaviours

BACKGROUND: Sperm cells are the target of strong sexual selection that may drive changes in sperm structure and function to maximize fertilisation success. Sperm evolution is regarded to be one of the major consequences of sperm competition in polyandrous species, however it can also be driven by ad...

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Autores principales: Iwata, Yoko, Shaw, Paul, Fujiwara, Eiji, Shiba, Kogiku, Kakiuchi, Yasutaka, Hirohashi, Noritaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21831296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-236