Pitfalls in experiments testing predictions from sperm competition theory
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Pitfalls in experiments testing predictions from sperm competition theory.
As females of many species mate with more than one male, ejaculates often face competition from the sperm of other males. In recent years, numerous papers have been published on theoretical predictions of evolutionary, behavioural and physiological responses to variation in the strength of sperm competition (SC). These theoretical predictions have also been extensively tested. However, although...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1010-061X,1420-9101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00792.x