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Sperm competition, alternative mating tactics and context-dependent fertilization success in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides

Fertilization success in sperm competition is often determined by laboratory estimates of the proportion of offspring sired by the first (P(1)) or second (P(2)) male that mates. However, inferences from such data about how sexual selection acts on male traits in nature may be misleading if fertiliza...

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Main Authors: House, Clarissa M, Hunt, John, Moore, Allen J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2176180/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17360284
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0054
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