Sperm length is not influenced by haploid gene expression in the flies Drosophila melanogaster and Scathophaga stercoraria
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Sperm length is not influenced by haploid gene expression in the flies Drosophila melanogaster and Scathophaga stercoraria.
Recent theoretical models have postulated a role for haploid-diploid conflict and for kin selection favouring sperm cooperation and altruism in the diversification and specialization of sperm form. A critical assumption of these models-that haploid gene expression contributes to variation in sperm form-has never been demonstrated and remains contentious. By quantifying within-male variation in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1208