How sexual selection can drive the evolution of costly sperm ornamentation

Stefan Lüpold, Mollie K. Manier, Nalini Puniamoorthy, Christopher Schoff, William T. Starmer, Shannon H. Buckley Luepold, John M. Belote and Scott Pitnick ()
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Stefan Lüpold: Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University
Mollie K. Manier: Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University
Nalini Puniamoorthy: Center for Reproductive Evolution, Syracuse University
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

Nature, 2016, vol. 533, issue 7604, 535-538

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.

Date: 2016
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