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The baculum affects paternity success of first but not second males in house mouse sperm competition

The vast variation observed in genital morphology is a longstanding puzzle in evolutionary biology. Studies showing that the morphology of the mammalian baculum (penis bone) can covary with a male’s paternity success indicate a potential impact of baculum morphology on male fitness, likely through i...

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Autores principales: Winkler, Lennart, Lindholm, Anna K., Ramm, Steven A., Sutter, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34384348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01887-6