Evolutionary change in testes tissue composition among experimental populations of house mice

Theory assumes that postcopulatory sexual selection favors increased investment in testes size because greater numbers of sperm within the ejaculate increase the chance of success in sperm competition, and larger testes are able to produce more sperm. However, changes in the organization of the test...

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Published in:	Evolution Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 848 - 855
Main Authors:	Firman, Renée C., Garcia-Gonzalez, Francisco, Thyer, Evan, Wheeler, Samantha, Yamin, Zayaputeri, Yuan, Michael, Simmons, Leigh W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2015 Society for the Study of Evolution Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Animal behavior Animal populations Animal reproduction Animals Biological Evolution BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS Competition Evolution Evolutionary biology Histology Male Male animals Mating behavior Mice Organ Size Population size postcopulatory sexual selection Rodents Seminiferous tubules Seminiferous Tubules - anatomy & histology Sexual Behavior, Animal Sexual selection Sperm competition Sperm Count sperm production Spermatozoa Testes Testis - anatomy & histology testosterone production Tissues Histology sperm competition sperm production testosterone production postcopulatory sexual selection
ISSN:	0014-3820, 1558-5646, 1558-5646
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