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Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive
- Source :
- Journal of Biology
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009.
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Abstract
- Sperm from Drosophila simulans that carry a sex-ratio distorter is preferentially lost from females' sperm-storage organs. This suggests that sperm dumping is a major factor affecting sperm competition in this species, and may have evolved in response to sex-ratio distorters.
- Subjects :
- Male
endocrine system
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Biology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Meiosis
Dumping
Botany
Animals
Sex Ratio
Sperm competition
Drosophila
reproductive and urinary physiology
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urogenital system
Reproduction
biology.organism_classification
Polyspermy
Spermatozoa
Sperm
Cell biology
Meiotic drive
Female
Minireview
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14754924
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d288a95aa1d475e281f9080bacedcb45
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/jbiol109