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Sperm Numbers as a Paternity Guard in a Wild Bird
Sperm competition is thought to impose strong selection on males to produce competitive ejaculates to outcompete rival males under competitive mating conditions. Our understanding of how different sperm traits influence fertilization success, however, remains limited, especially in wild populations....
Autores principales: | Rowe, Melissah, van Oort, Annabel, Brouwer, Lyanne, Lifjeld, Jan T., Webster, Michael S., Welklin, Joseph F., Baldassarre, Daniel T. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8773506/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35053349 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells11020231 |
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