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Sperm competition favors harmful males in seed beetles.

Current biology : CB - 10 Mar 2009

Hotzy Cosima, Arnqvist Göran

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One of the most enigmatic observations in evolutionary biology is the evolution of morphological or physiological traits in one sex that physically injure members of the other sex. Such traits occur in a wide range of taxa and range from toxic ejaculate substances to genital or external spines th...

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PMID: 19230665
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.045

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