Maintenance of sperm variation in a highly promiscuous wild bird.
Postcopulatory sexual selection is an important force in the evolution of reproductive traits, including sperm morphology. In birds, sperm morphology is known to be highly heritable and largely condition-independent. Theory predicts, and recent comparative work corroborates, that strong selection in...
Main Authors: | Sara Calhim, Michael C Double, Nicolas Margraf, Tim R Birkhead, Andrew Cockburn |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3240631?pdf=render |
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