The sperm of aging male bustards retards their offspring's development

Understanding whether the sperm of older males has a diminished capacity to produce successful offspring is a key challenge in evolutionary biology. We investigate this issue using 10 years of reproductive data on captive long-lived houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata), where the use of artificia...

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Main Authors: Preston, Brian T., Saint Jalme, Michel, Hingrat, Yves, Lacroix, Frederic, Sorci, Gabriele
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338826/