Rival seminal fluid induces enhanced sperm motility in a polyandrous ant
Abstract Background Promiscuous mating and sperm competition often induce arms races between the sexes with detrimental outcomes for females. However, ants with multiply-inseminated queens have only a single time-window for sperm competition and queens are predicted to gain control over the outcome...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-03-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1144-y |