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Non-fertile sperm delay female remating

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  • Penny A. Cook

    (School of Health, Liverpool John Moores University)

  • Nina Wedell

    (University of Stockholm
    University of Melbourne)

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Sperm competition is thought to be responsible for the tremendous inter- and intraspecific variation in sperm number1 and size2. But why several animals produce a range of sperm types3,4, some of which are incapable of fertilizing the female's eggs4, has remained unexplained for nearly 100 years5. We have found that non-fertile sperm protect a male's reproductive investment by delaying female remating in the polyandrous green-veined white butterfly, Pieris napi (Pieridae).

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  • Penny A. Cook & Nina Wedell, 1999. "Non-fertile sperm delay female remating," Nature, Nature, vol. 397(6719), pages 486-486, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:397:y:1999:i:6719:d:10.1038_17257
    DOI: 10.1038/17257
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    1. Panagiotis G Milonas & George K Partsinevelos & David A Andow, 2017. "Effect of male mating history and age on remating by female European corn borer," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(4), pages 1-11, April.

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