Selection for longer lived sperm within ejaculate reduces reproductive ageing in offspring
Abstract Males produce numerous sperm in a single ejaculate that greatly outnumber their potential egg targets. Recent studies found that phenotypic and genotypic variation among sperm in a single ejaculate of a male affects the fitness and performance of the resulting offspring. Specifically, withi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Evolution Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.101 |