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Quantity versus quality: the sperm war

The evolution of sperm traits manifests itself prolifically across species, and postcopulatory sexual selection (PSS), as executed by the female, accompanies this process. The adaptive significance of some sperm traits (for example, the shape and number of sperms) is well understood. However, the ev...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Shan, Xia, Laixin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5109884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27506335
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1008-682X.185849
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description The evolution of sperm traits manifests itself prolifically across species, and postcopulatory sexual selection (PSS), as executed by the female, accompanies this process. The adaptive significance of some sperm traits (for example, the shape and number of sperms) is well understood. However, the evolution of germ size has not been fully exploited. The most recent study by Lüpold et al.1 reveals that the evolution of longer sperm is driven by the female seminal receptacle and mating frequency in Drosophila, which, in turn, increases the benefits to females. These findings provide a comprehensive interpretation regarding the evolution of sperm size.
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spelling pubmed-51098842016-11-25 Quantity versus quality: the sperm war Xiao, Shan Xia, Laixin Asian J Androl Invited Research Highlight The evolution of sperm traits manifests itself prolifically across species, and postcopulatory sexual selection (PSS), as executed by the female, accompanies this process. The adaptive significance of some sperm traits (for example, the shape and number of sperms) is well understood. However, the evolution of germ size has not been fully exploited. The most recent study by Lüpold et al.1 reveals that the evolution of longer sperm is driven by the female seminal receptacle and mating frequency in Drosophila, which, in turn, increases the benefits to females. These findings provide a comprehensive interpretation regarding the evolution of sperm size. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 2016-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5109884/ /pubmed/27506335 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1008-682X.185849 Text en Copyright: © 2016 AJA, SIMM & SJTU http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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