ArticleRoyal Society open science2018
Extreme fertilization bias towards freshly inseminated sperm in a species exhibiting prolonged female sperm storage.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Sperm storage causes sperm senescence in human and non-human animals.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2026Article
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- The surprising complexity and diversity of sperm storage structures across Galliformes.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Genetic and context-specific effects on individual inhibitory control performance in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata).Journal of evolutionary biology · 2023Article
- Paternal environment effects are driven by female reproductive fluid but not sperm age in an external fertilizer.Biology letters · 2023Article
- Female reproductive fluids 'rescue' sperm from phenotypic ageing in an external fertilizer.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Gonad Ontogeny and Sex Differentiation in a Poeciliid,Biology · 2023Article
- Effects of reliance on stored sperm on reproduction in the sailfin molly Poecilia latipinna.Journal of fish biology · 2022Article
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- The deteriorating soma and the indispensable germline: gamete senescence and offspring fitness.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Extreme fertilization bias towards freshly inseminated sperm in a species exhibiting prolonged female sperm storage.Royal Society open science · 2018Article
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Abstract
The storage of sperm by females across successive reproductive cycles is well documented in internal fertilizers, yet the fate of stored sperm when they compete with 'new' sperm to fertilize a female's eggs has rarely been considered. This gap in our understanding is likely due to the logistical difficulties of controlling behavioural interactions during or after mating, which in turn may influence how many sperm are inseminated and how stored sperm are ultimately used during successive bouts of sperm competition with freshly inseminated sperm. Here, we use artificial insemination (AI) in guppies (
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