title: Reproductive traits: evidence for sexually selected sperm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Oliver Y
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demont
mesh_terms: 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*