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Intra-ejaculate sperm selection in female zebra finches
Among internal fertilizers, typically fewer than 1% sperm survive the journey through the oviduct. Several studies suggest that the sperm reaching the ovum—the ‘fertilizing set’—comprise a non-random sub-population, but the characteristics of this group remain unclear. We tested whether oviductal se...
Autores principales: | Hemmings, N., Bennison, C., Birkhead, T. R. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27277953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0220 |
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