The relative nature of fertilization success: Implications for the study of post-copulatory sexual selection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The determination of genetic variation in sperm competitive ability is fundamental to distinguish between post-copulatory sexual selection models based on good-genes vs compatible genes. The sexy-sperm and the good-sperm hypotheses f...

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Main Author: García-González Francisco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/140