Reproductive traits: evidence for sexually selected sperm.
Sperm exhibit extraordinary morphological divergence yet precise evolutionary causes often remain elusive. A quantitative genetic study sheds light on the major role postcopulatory sexual selection could play in determining sperm size.
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Oliver Y
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Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. o.martin@uea.ac.uk
Demont
Marco
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D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*