Rapid decreases in relative testes mass among monogamous birds but not in other vertebrates

Larger testes produce more sperm and therefore improve reproductive success in the face of sperm competition. Adaptation to social mating systems with relatively high and low sperm competition are therefore likely to have driven changes in relative testes size in opposing directions. Here, we combin...

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Autores principales: Baker, Joanna, Humphries, Stuart, Ferguson‐Gow, Henry, Meade, Andrew, Venditti, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Letters
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6973093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31755210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13431

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6973093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31755210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13431

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