Ejaculate economics: testing the effects of male sexual history on the trade-off between sperm and immune function in Australian crickets.

Trade-offs between investment into male sexual traits and immune function provide the foundation for some of the most prominent models of sexual selection. Post-copulatory sexual selection on the male ejaculate is intense, and therefore trade-offs should occur between investment into the ejaculate a...

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Main Authors: Damian K Dowling, Leigh W Simmons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3256214?pdf=render