Why do female mice mate with multiple males?

Females often show multi-male mating (MMM), but the adaptive functions are unclear. We tested whether female house mice (Mus musculus musculus) show MMM when they can choose their mates without male coercion. We released 32 females into separate enclosures where they could choose to mate with two ne...

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Main Authors: Thonhauser, Kerstin E., Raveh, Shirley, Hettyey, Attila, Beissmann, Helmut, Penn, Dustin J.
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827896/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24273373
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1604-8
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