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The long and the short of it: new insights on sperm length help demystify the complexities of sexual selection

Human sperm are approximately 6000(th) of a centimeter long, a small fraction of a man's total body length. By contrast, fruit fly (Drosophila spp.) sperm can reach nearly 6 cm, roughly twenty times the total length of their bodies. This dramatic variation in male reproductive biology is explor...

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Autores principales: Hill, Alexander K, Eisenberg, Dan TA
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/PMC5109885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27569000
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1008-682X.185850