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Experimental analysis of sperm competition mechanisms in a wild bird population.
- Abstract:
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Recent work on wild birds has revealed the importance of sperm competition as a source of sexual selection, but behavioral and paternity studies have previously provided only indirect evidence for mechanisms of sperm competition in wild birds. In a field study of collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis we used a previously uncharacterized method to determine the frequency and timing of extra-pair inseminations. By counting the number of sperm trapped on the perivitelline layer of eggs, we de...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Volume:
- 99
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- 5466-5470
- Publication date:
- 2002-04-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1091-6490
- ISSN:
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0027-8424
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:204429
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uuid:ce6fd5e1-657c-4c1d-8d18-a12dcc9084e1
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- pubs:204429
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204429
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2002
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