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Selection on male and female reproductive traits in a simultaneous hermaphrodite land snail [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Follicle Stimulating Hormone in Cattle Breeding: Fundamentals, Innovations, and Scope

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
FSH is crucial in cattle reproduction, with exogenous administration enhancing breeding and embryo production. Recombinant FSH offers advantages over pituitary‐extracted variants, including fewer injections, reduced stress, and safer production. These innovations improve breeding efficiency, optimize reproductive outcomes, and contribute to sustainable
Muhammad Shahzad   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unique sperm haplotypes are associated with phenotypically different sperm subpopulations in Astyanax fish

open access: yesBMC Biology, 2018
Background The phenotypes of sperm are generally believed to be under the control of the diploid genotype of the male producing them rather than their own haploid genotypes, because developing spermatids share cytoplasm through intercellular bridges ...
Richard Borowsky   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differential sperm expenditure reveals a possible role for post-copulatory sexual selection in a lekking moth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Cordes N, Yiğit A, Engqvist L, Schmoll T. Differential sperm expenditure reveals a possible role for post-copulatory sexual selection in a lekking moth. Ecology and Evolution.
Yiğit, Arzu   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Partners or passengers? Revisiting the association between diatoms and aquatic animals

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Numerous studies have revealed the importance of research on the communities capable of colonizing animal surfaces (epibionts) and the animals on which they live (basibionts). Very few studies have considered epizoic diatoms, and there are gaps and biases in our knowledge, including the choice of basibionts, the methods used, and the habitats ...
Gianluca Vacca   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrodynamic propulsion of human sperm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The detailed fluid mechanics of sperm propulsion are fundamental to our understanding of reproduction. In this paper, we aim to model a human sperm swimming in a microscope slide chamber.
Green, Richard B.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sperm competition and the evolution of spermatogenesis [PDF]

open access: yesMolecular Human Reproduction, 2014
Spermatogenesis is a long and complex process that, despite the shared overall goal of producing the male gamete, displays striking amounts of interspecific diversity. In this review, we argue that sperm competition has been an important selection pressure acting on multiple aspects of spermatogenesis, causing variation in the number and morphology of ...
Ramm, Steven A.   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

A shining starlet: Nematostella vectensis as a model for developmental, regenerative, and comparative biology

open access: yesDevelopmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract The sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis, has been used as a model organism in developmental biology studies for many years. This estuarine species has the notable capacity to regenerate its full body plan from small pieces throughout life. Nematostella have been described as having a great degree of cellular plasticity.
Patrick A. Lewis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sperm Competition Risk and Sexual Coercion Predict Copulatory Duration in Humans

open access: yesEvolutionary Psychology, 2015
A man whose romantic partner is sexually unfaithful is at risk of sperm competition and cuckoldry—unwitting investment in offspring to whom he is genetically unrelated.
Nicole Barbaro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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