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SUBMITTER: Borowsky R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9666463 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Borowsky Richard R Chen Haining H
Scientific reports 20221115 1
We investigated the hypothesis that intra ejaculate sperm competition screens against the transmission of deleterious alleles, including new mutants, from male parent to offspring. Recent investigations have established that sperm haploid genotypes can have major effects on sperm traits such as cellular robustness, longevity, and fertilization success. However, there is no evidence that new mutations can meaningfully affect sperm phenotypes. We tested this directly by comparing sperm from mutage ...[more]