Polyandrous females provide sons with more competitive sperm: Support for the sexy-sperm hypothesis...
Polyandrous females provide sons with more competitive sperm: Support for the sexy-sperm hypothesis in the rattlebox moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)
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United States: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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English
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Given the costs of multiple mating, why has female polyandry evolved? Utetheisa ornatrix moths are well suited for studying multiple mating in females because females are highly polyandrous over their life span, with each male mate transferring a substantial spermatophore with both genetic and nongenetic material. The accumulation of resources migh...
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Polyandrous females provide sons with more competitive sperm: Support for the sexy-sperm hypothesis in the rattlebox moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1780516182
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1780516182
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0014-3820
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1558-5646
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10.1111/evo.12829
