Senescence and sexual selection in a pelagic copepod.

The ecology of senescence in marine zooplankton is not well known. Here we demonstrate senescence effects in the marine copepod Oithona davisae and show how sex and sexual selection accelerate the rate of ageing in the males. We show that adult mortality increases and male mating capacity and female...

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Autores principales: Sara Ceballos, Thomas Kiørboe
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/f1404a7a12b44e289d4b5a77159920d4
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