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Method matters: Experimental evidence for shorter avian sperm in faecal compared to abdominal massage samples
Birds are model organisms in sperm biology. Previous work in zebra finches, suggested that sperm sampled from males' faeces and ejaculates do not differ in size. Here, we tested this assumption in a captive population of house sparrows, Passer domesticus. We compared sperm length in samples fro...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5559096/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28813481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182853 |