Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive.
Sperm from Drosophila simulans that carry a sex-ratio distorter is preferentially lost from females' sperm-storage organs. This suggests that sperm dumping is a major factor affecting sperm competition in this species, and may have evolved in response to sex-ratio distorters.
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Ecology and Conservation, School of Biosciences, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK. Tom.Price@exeter.ac.uk
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