A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece

The sperm mid-piece has traditionally been considered to be the engine that powers sperm. Larger mid-pieces have therefore been assumed to provide greater energetic capacity. However, in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata, a recent study showed a surprising negative relationship between mid-piece l...

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Autores principales: Mendonca, Tania, Birkhead, Tim R., Cadby, Ashley J., Forstmeier, Wolfgang, Hemmings, Nicola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2018
Materias:
Behaviour
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6083248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30051869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0865

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6083248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30051869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0865

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