Journal article
The risk and intensity of sperm ejection in female birds.
- Abstract:
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The way females utilize the gametes of different males has important consequences for sexual selection, sexual conflict, and intersexual coevolution in natural populations. However, patterns of sperm utilization by females are difficult to demonstrate, and their functional significance remains unclear. Here, we experimentally study sperm ejection in the fowl Gallus gallus domesticus, where females eject preferentially the sperm of socially subordinate males. We study two measures of sperm eje...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- American naturalist
- Volume:
- 178
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 343-354
- Publication date:
- 2011-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1537-5323
- ISSN:
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0003-0147
- Source identifiers:
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209475
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:209475
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- Local pid:
- pubs:209475
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2011
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