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SUBMITTER: Vuarin P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6451384 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology letters 20190301 3
Ejaculate attributes are important factors driving the probability of fertilizing eggs. When females mate with several males, competition between sperm to fertilize eggs should accentuate selection on ejaculate attributes. We tested this hypothesis in the North African houbara bustard ( Chlamydotis undulata undulata) by comparing the strength of selection acting on two ejaculate attributes when sperm from single males or sperm from different males were used for insemination. In agreement with th ...[more]