Why mammalian lineages respond differently to sexual selection: Metabolic rate constrains the evolution of sperm size

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1721, 2011, Pages 3135-3141

  Gomendio, Montserrat ^a   Tourmente, Maximiliano ^a,b   Roldan, Eduardo R S ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Evolutionary rates; Mammals; Metabolic rate; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLISM; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SWIMMING;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 80052728630     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0275     Document Type: Article

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