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Polyandry Has No Detectable Mortality Cost in Female Mammals
In several taxonomic groups, females mate with several males during a single reproductive cycle. Although there is evidence that polyandry provides some benefits to females, it often involves mortality costs. However, empirical evidences of mortality costs of polyandry have so far been reported only...
Autores principales: | Lemaître, Jean-François, Gaillard, Jean-Michel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3688942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066670 |
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