Reproductive Traits: Evidence for Sexually Selected Sperm
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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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.031