Sperm traits negatively covary with size and asymmetry of a secondary sexual trait in a freshwater crayfish.

In species where females mate promiscuously, the reproductive success of males depends both on their ability to acquire mates (pre-copulatory sexual selection) and ability of their ejaculates to outcompete those of other males (post-copulatory sexual selection). Sperm competition theory predicts a n...

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Main Authors: Paolo Galeotti, Guido Bernini, Lisa Locatello, Roberto Sacchi, Mauro Fasola, Diego Rubolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22916304/pdf/?tool=EBI