Sperm phenotypic plasticity in a cichlid: a territorial male’s counterstrategy to spawning takeover
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Kazutaka Ota, Dik Heg, Michio Hori, and Masanori Kohda Department of Biology and Geosciences, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyoto University, KitashirakawaOiwake, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan, and Department of Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Wohlenstrasse 50a CH-3032 Hinterkappelen, Switzerland
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