Social dominance explains within-ejaculate variation in sperm design in a passerine bird

BACKGROUND: Comparative studies suggest that sperm competition exerts stabilizing selection towards an optimal sperm design – e.g., the relative size and covariation of different sperm sections or a quantitative measure of sperm shape - that maximizes male fertility, which results in reduced levels...

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Autores principales: Rojas Mora, Alfonso, Meniri, Magali, Ciprietti, Sabrina, Helfenstein, Fabrice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28259157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0914-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28259157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0914-2

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