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Extensive variation in sperm morphology in a frog with no sperm competition

BACKGROUND: Recent comparative studies of several taxa have found that within-species variation in sperm size decreases with increasing levels of sperm competition, suggesting that male-male gamete competition selects for an optimal sperm phenotype. Previous studies of intraspecific sperm length var...

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Autores principales: Stewart, Kathryn A., Wang, Rachel, Montgomerie, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26832366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0601-8