Sperm Competition in Humans: Mate Guarding Behavior Negatively Correlates with Ejaculate Quality

In species where females mate with multiple males, the sperm from these males must compete to fertilise available ova. Sexual selection from sperm competition is expected to favor opposing adaptations in males that function either in the avoidance of sperm competition (by guarding females from rival...

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Main Authors: Leivers, Samantha, Rhodes, Gillian, Simmons, Leigh W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176016/