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Sperm Competition in Humans: Mate Guarding Behavior Negatively Correlates with Ejaculate Quality
In species where females mate with multiple males, the sperm from these males must compete to fertilise available ova. Sexual selection from sperm competition is expected to favor opposing adaptations in males that function either in the avoidance of sperm competition (by guarding females from rival...
Autores principales: | Leivers, Samantha, Rhodes, Gillian, Simmons, Leigh W. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25250582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108099 |
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