The sexually-selected sperm hypothesis: sex-biased inheritance and sexual antagonism.

Journal article

Abstract:: When females are inseminated by more than one male (polyandry) sexual selection continues after insemination in the form of sperm competition and cryptic female choice. The sexually-selected sperm hypothesis proposes that, under the risk of sperm competition, additive variation in male traits determining fertilising efficiency will select for female propensity to be polyandrous in order to increase the probability of producing sons with superior fertilising efficiency. Two factors complicate ...
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University of Oxford

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MPLS

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Zoology

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Journal:: Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society More from this journal
Volume:: 77
Issue:: 2
Pages:: 183-209
Publication date:: 2002-05-01
DOI:: 10.1017/s1464793101005863
EISSN:: 1469-185X
ISSN:: 1464-7931

Language:: English
Keywords:: Sex Determination Processes

Genetic Variation

Male

Animals

Female

Selection, Genetic

Fertilization

Sperm-Ovum Interactions

Genetic Linkage
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Source identifiers:: 209593
Deposit date:: 2013-11-16

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