Sperm Competition and Paternity in the Endangered Firefly <i>Pyrocoelia pectoralis</i> (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae) by Xinhua Fu, Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow, Lesley Ballantyne, Xinlei Zhu, Qiyulu Zhang

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Ranking parameters driving siring success during sperm competition in the North African houbara bustard by Gabriele Sorci, Hiba Abi Hussein, Gwènaëlle Levêque, Michel Saint Jalme, Frédéric Lacroix, Yves Hingrat, Loïc Lesobre

“…Using data collected over several years, Sorci et al. take a machine learning approach to rank parameters linked to sperm competition outcomes following artificial insemination of captive North African houbara bustard females.…”
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Effects of sperm competition on genetic variation of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) progeny using microsattelite markers by Hossein Moradyan, Saeed Keyvanshokooh, Mustafa Muhaghegh Dolatabady, Einollah Gorjipour

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The rapidly evolving X-linked MIR-506 family fine-tunes spermatogenesis to enhance sperm competition by Zhuqing Wang, Yue Wang, Tong Zhou, Sheng Chen, Dayton Morris, Rubens Daniel Miserani Magalhães, Musheng Li, Shawn Wang, Hetan Wang, Yeming Xie, Hayden McSwiggin, Daniel Oliver, Shuiqiao Yuan, Huili Zheng, Jaaved Mohammed, Eric C Lai, John R McCarrey, Wei Yan

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Sperm Morphology in Neotropical Primates by Eliana R. Steinberg, Adrián J. Sestelo, María B. Ceballos, Virginia Wagner, Ana M. Palermo, Marta D. Mudry

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On the relative effect of spawning asynchrony, sperm quantity and sperm quality on paternity under sperm competition in an external fertilizer by Torvald Blikra Egeland, Torvald Blikra Egeland, Geir eRudolfsen, Jarle Tryti Nordeide, Ivar eFolstad

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Male seminal fluid substances affect sperm competition success and female reproductive behavior in a seed beetle. by Takashi Yamane, Julieta Goenaga, Julieta Goenaga, Johanna Liljestrand Rönn, Göran Arnqvist

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Mate-guarding duration is mainly influenced by the risk of sperm competition and not by female quality in a golden orb-weaver spider by Lygia A. Del Matto, Renato C. Macedo-Rego, Eduardo S. A. Santos

“…In conclusion, the factor that most influences male mate-guarding behaviour among T. clavipes in the field is the risk of sperm competition.…”
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Sperm Competition Risk: The Connections That Partner Attractiveness and Infidelity Risk Have with Mate Retention Behaviors and Semen-Displacing Behaviors by Gavin Vance, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Todd K. Shackelford

“…The present studies investigated the relationships between men's perceived risk of experiencing sperm competition (i.e., when the ejaculates of two or more men simultaneously occupy the reproductive tract of a single woman), and their use of strategies to detect, prevent, and correct their partner's sexual infidelity. …”
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Post-copulatory opportunities for sperm competition and cryptic female choice provide no offspring fitness benefits in externally fertilizing salmon by Alyson J. Lumley, Sian E. Diamond, Sigurd Einum, Sarah E. Yeates, Danielle Peruffo, Brent C. Emerson, Matthew J. G. Gage

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Audience effects in the Atlantic molly (<it>Poecilia mexicana</it>)–prudent male mate choice in response to perceived sperm competition risk? by Kronmarck Claudia, Hennige-Schulz Carmen, Mahlow Kristin, Ziege Madlen, Tiedemann Ralph, Streit Bruno, Plath Martin

“…When there is no potential for eavesdropping [treatment (3)], non-specific specific sperm competition risk seems to play a minor or no role. …”
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Males with high genetic similarity to females sire more offspring in sperm competition in Peron's tree frog Litoria peronii. by Sherman, C, Wapstra, E, Uller, T, Olsson, M

“…Recent work has confirmed that genetic compatibility among mates can be an important determinant of siring success in sperm competition experiments and in free-ranging populations. …”

Fitness consequences of redundant cues of competition in male Drosophila melanogaster by Alice A. Dore, Amanda Bretman, Tracey Chapman

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Redescription and first record in South America of Neogriphoneura timida Curran (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) by Ramon Luciano Mello, Thiago Mahlmann, Vera Cristina Silva

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Temporal dynamics of competitive fertilization in social groups of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) shed new light on avian sperm competition by Carleial, R, McDonald, GC, Spurgin, LG, Fairfield, EA, Wang, Y, Richardson, DS, Pizzari, T

“…Studies of birds have made a fundamental contribution to elucidating sperm competition processes, experimentally demonstrating the role of individual mechanisms in competitive fertilization. …”

Temporal dynamics of competitive fertilization in social groups of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) shed new light on avian sperm competition by Carleial, R, McDonald, G, Spurgin, L, Fairfield, E, Wang, Y, Richardson, D, Pizzari, T

“…Studies of birds have made a fundamental contribution to elucidating sperm competition processes, experimentally demonstrating the role of individual mechanisms in competitive fertilisation. …”

Widespread sex ratio polymorphism in Caenorhabditis nematodes by Yun Huang, Yun-Hua Lo, Jung-Chen Hsu, Tho Son Le, Fang-Jung Yang, Tiffany Chang, Christian Braendle, John Wang

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Pupal Cues Increase Sperm Production but Not Testis Size in an Insect by Junyan Liu, Xiong Z. He, Xia-Lin Zheng, Yujing Zhang, Qiao Wang

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Sperm removal during copulation confirmed in the oldest extant damselfly, Hemiphlebia mirabilis by Adolfo Cordero-Rivera

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How Soon Hath Time… A History of Two “Seminal” Publications by Geoff A. Parker

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