Sperm competition, mating rate and the evolution of testis and ejaculate sizes: a population model

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Biology Letters

• Publication date

  2005-06-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0273PMID 17148175PMCID PMC1626223
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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