Seminal fluid and sexual selection in the Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus

Sexual selection continues after copulation when the ejaculates from different males compete to achieve fertilization. Post-copulatory sexual selection is therefore a powerful evolutionary pressure, with seminal fluid emerging as an important factor. This thesis studies the role of seminal fluid in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alvarez-Fernandez, Aitor
Other Authors: Pizzari, Tommaso
Published: University of Oxford 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.730095