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Sperm priming response to perceived mating opportunities is reduced in male guppies with high baseline sperm production

Producing sperm is costly and males have been selected to strategically adjust their sperm production and/or expenditure according to the fitness return associated with a specific mating. For example, males respond to fluctuations in the mating opportunities by adjusting the number of “ready” sperm....

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Autores principales: Cattelan, Silvia, Pilastro, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5905511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30402061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy008