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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Kin selection on one hand, and gamete interactions in post-ejaculatory sexual selection on the other are two major research themes that have risen to prominence over the past half century and have simultaneously developed into central fields of research ...
Lauri Myllymaa, Jussi Lehtonen
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Sperm form and function in the absence of sperm competition [PDF]
Molecular Reproduction and Development, 2013 SUMMARYSperm competition is a post‐copulatory, sexual selection force that, together with phylogeny and fertilization mode, has been regarded as one of the main factors explaining the diversity in sperm size across species. This universal sperm selection mechanism favors traits that enhance a male's fertilizing ability and paternity success ...
Gerhard, van der Horst, Liana, Maree
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, 2008 Engqvist L. Genetic variance and genotype reaction norms in response to larval food manipulation for a trait important in scorpionfly sperm competition. Functional Ecology. 2008;22(1):070915213639001-???Sperm competition is an important attribute of many
L. Engqvist +1 more
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Sexual selection in a simultaneous hermaphrodite : mate choice and sperm utilization patterns [PDF]
, 2011 Sexual selection processes, in general, are distinguished in precopulatory and postcopulatory mechanisms. In the animal kingdom, precopulatory mechanisms are related to mate competition and mate choice before the copulation.
Kupfernagel, Sandra
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, 2009 Vermeulen A, Engels S, Engqvist L, Sauer KP. Phenotypic plasticity in sperm traits in scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae): consequences of larval history and seasonality on sperm length and sperm transfer. European Journal of Entomology.
Vermeulen, Andreas +8 more
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Selection on male and female reproductive traits in a simultaneous hermaphrodite land snail [PDF]
, 2013 Classical sexual selection theory assumes that the reproductive success of females is limited by the resources available for egg production, while the reproductive success of males is determined by the number of mates (Bateman’s principle).
Minoretti, Nicole
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.The MRP4 transporter exports several drugs and signaling molecules. Here, we identified key promoter elements regulating basal MRP4 expression. Using reporter assays, we defined a conserved region with essential Sp1 and contributory Ets sites, which controlled basal MRP4 expression.
Debora Singer +7 more
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Impact of low sperm competition on male reproductive trait allometries in a bush-cricket
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Background Studying reproductive trait allometries can help to understand optimal male investment strategies under sexual selection. In promiscuous mating systems, studies across several taxa suggest that testes allometry is usually positive, presumably ...
Lennart Winkler +3 more
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Sperm removal during copulation confirmed in the oldest extant damselfly, Hemiphlebia mirabilis [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Postcopulatory sexual selection may favour mechanisms to reduce sperm competition, like physical sperm removal by males. To investigate the origin of sperm removal, I studied the reproductive behaviour and mechanisms of sperm competition in the only ...
Adolfo Cordero-Rivera
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, 2006 Engqvist L, Reinhold K. Theoretical influence of female mating status and remating propensity on male sperm allocation patterns. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY.
Reinhold, Klaus +3 more
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