Postcopulatory sexual selection.
The female reproductive tract is where competition between the sperm of different males takes place, aided and abetted by the female herself. Intense postcopulatory sexual selection fosters inter-sexual conflict and drives rapid evolutionary change to generate a startling diversity of morphological,...
Main Authors: | Birkhead, T, Pizzari, T |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2002
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