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CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE: CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING FEMALE SPERM CHOICE

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Birkhead, T. R.·1998·Evolution
DOI 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01848.x
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In this paper, I consider the criteria necessary to demonstrate the postcopulatory ability of females to favor the sperm of one conspecific male over another, that is, sperm choice. In practice it is difficult to distinguish between sperm competition and sperm choice, and sperm choice can be demonstrated only if the effects of sperm competition can be controlled. Few studies have used experimental protocols that do this, so evidence for sperm choice is limited. Moreover, in those studies in which sperm choice occurs, it does so to avoid incompatible genetic combinations and is therefore unlikely to result in directional sexual selection.

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Authors
Birkhead, T. R.
Venue
Evolution
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1998-08
Volume
52
Issue
4
Pages
1212-1218
ISSN
0014-3820 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01848.x
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323
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62
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21.48
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journal article
Language
en
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Birkhead, T. R. (1998). CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE: CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING FEMALE SPERM CHOICE. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01848.x

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