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Genetic and phenotypic influences on copulatory plug survival in mice.
Heredity - 1 Dec 2015
Mangels R, Young B, Keeble S, Ardekani R, Meslin C, Ferreira Z, Clark N L, Good J M, Dean M D
Abstract excerpt
Across a diversity of animals, male seminal fluid coagulates upon ejaculation to form a hardened structure known as a copulatory plug. Previous studies suggest that copulatory plugs evolved as a mechanism for males to impede remating by females, but detailed investigations into the time course over which plugs survive in the female's reproductive tract are lacking. Here, we cross males from eight inbred strains...
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