No evidence for pre-copulatory sexual selection on sperm length in a passerine bird.

No evidence for pre-copulatory sexual selection on sperm length in a passerine bird.

There is growing evidence that post-copulatory sexual selection, mediated by sperm competition, influences the evolution of sperm phenotypes. Evidence for pre-copulatory sexual selection effects on sperm traits, on the other hand, is rather scarce. A recent paper on the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hyp...

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Main Authors: Jan T Lifjeld, Terje Laskemoen, Oddmund Kleven, A Tiril M Pedersen, Helene M Lampe, Geir Rudolfsen, Tim Schmoll, Tore Slagsvold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3287978?pdf=render

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