ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2020
Baculum shape and paternity success in house mice: evidence for genital coevolution.
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- Genetic disruption of the baculum compromises the ability of male mice to copulate.PLoS genetics · 2025Article
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- Rapid divergent evolution of internal female genitalia and the coevolution of male genital morphology revealed by micro-computed tomography.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- The baculum affects paternity success of first but not second males in house mouse sperm competition.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Male-derived copulatory plugs enhance implantation success in female Mus musculus.Biology of reproduction · 2021Article
- Fifty years of sperm competition: the structure of a scientific revolution.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Article
- Baculum shape and paternity success in house mice: evidence for genital coevolution.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Article
- Of mice and women: advances in mammalian sperm competition with a focus on the female perspective.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
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Abstract
Sexual selection is believed to be responsible for the rapid divergence of male genitalia, which is a widely observed phenomenon across different taxa. Among mammals, the stimulatory role of male genitalia and female 'sensory perception' has been suggested to explain these evolutionary patterns. Recent research on house mice has shown that baculum (penis bone) shape can respond to experimentally imposed sexual selection. Here, we explore the adaptive value of baculum shape by performing two experiments that examine the effects of male and female genitalia on male reproductive success. Thus, we selected house mice (
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