No evidence for a trade-off between sperm length and male premating weaponry

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2187-2195

  Lupold S ^a,b   Simmons, L W ^c   Tomkins, J L ^c   Fitzpatrick, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Male weaponry; Male male contest competition; Meta analysis; Sexual selection; Sexually selected traits; Sperm competition; Sperm length; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FITNESS; META-ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM;

UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84951567691     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12742     Document Type: Article

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