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SUBMITTER: Giraldo-Perez P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4784169 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Giraldo-Perez P P Herrera P P Campbell A A Taylor M L ML Skeats A A Aggio R R Wedell N N Price T A R TA
Journal of evolutionary biology 20151228 2
Sperm commonly compete within females to fertilize ova, but research has focused on short-term sperm storage: sperm that are maintained in a female for only a few days or weeks before use. In nature, females of many species store sperm for months or years, often during periods of environmental stress, such as cold winters. Here we examine the outcome of sperm competition in the fruit fly Drosophila pseudoobscura, simulating the conditions in which females survive winter. We mated females to two ...[more]