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Sperm competition-induced plasticity in the speed of spermatogenesis

BACKGROUND: Sperm competition between rival ejaculates over the fertilization of ova typically selects for the production of large numbers of sperm. An obvious way to increase sperm production is to increase testis size, and most empirical work has focussed on this parameter. Adaptive plasticity in...

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Autores principales: Giannakara, Athina, Schärer, Lukas, Ramm, Steven A.
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/PMC4784355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26956948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0629-9