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Pervasive relaxed selection on spermatogenesis genes coincident with the evolution of polygyny in gorillas

2023-10-27

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Gorillas have a polygynous social system in which the highest-ranking male has almost exclusive access to females and sires most of the offspring in the troop. Such behavior results in a dramatic reduction of sperm competition, which is ultimately associated with numerous traits that cause low efficacy of gorilla spermatogenesis. However, the molecular basis behind the remarkable erosion of the gorilla male reprod...

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Literature Corpus work: 0dd3bc08-17f3-5286-a5ec-dc473abee3e8
DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.27.564379

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