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How sexual selection can drive the evolution of costly sperm ornamentation

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  • Stefan Lüpold

    (Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University
    University of Zurich)

  • Mollie K. Manier

    (Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University
    The George Washington University)

  • Nalini Puniamoorthy

    (Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University
    National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive, SG 117543, Singapore)

  • Christopher Schoff

    (Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University)

  • William T. Starmer

    (Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University)

  • Shannon H. Buckley Luepold

    (Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University)

  • John M. Belote

    (Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University)

  • Scott Pitnick

    (Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University)

Abstract

The ‘big-sperm paradox’, the observed production of few, gigantic sperm by some fruit flies (seemingly at odds with fundamental theory addressing how sexual selection works) is shown to be a result of co-evolution driven by genetic and functional relationships between sperm length, design of the female reproductive tract and features of the mating system.

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  • Stefan Lüpold & Mollie K. Manier & Nalini Puniamoorthy & Christopher Schoff & William T. Starmer & Shannon H. Buckley Luepold & John M. Belote & Scott Pitnick, 2016. "How sexual selection can drive the evolution of costly sperm ornamentation," Nature, Nature, vol. 533(7604), pages 535-538, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:533:y:2016:i:7604:d:10.1038_nature18005
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18005
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    1. Erika Fernlund Isaksson & Charel Reuland & Ariel F Kahrl & Alessandro Devigili & John L Fitzpatrick, 2022. "Resource-dependent investment in male sexual traits in a viviparous fish [Body size and its effect on male-male competition in Hylaeus alcyoneus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)]," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 33(5), pages 954-966.

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