Sperm traits negatively covary with size and asymmetry of a secondary sexual trait in a freshwater crayfish.

In species where females mate promiscuously, the reproductive success of males depends both on their ability to acquire mates (pre-copulatory sexual selection) and ability of their ejaculates to outcompete those of other males (post-copulatory sexual selection). Sperm competition theory predicts a n...

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Main Authors: Paolo Galeotti, Guido Bernini, Lisa Locatello, Roberto Sacchi, Mauro Fasola, Diego Rubolini
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/30acc32951a248aeb824016b1e3a60cd
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