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Rivals and Relationships: A Comparison of Queer and Straight Women's Mating Competition
… A Comparison of Queer and Straight Women's Mating Competition Karla Kenny, Western University, London, ON Maryanne L. Fisher, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS Considerable research on dating competition has focused on heterosexual (“straight”) women and the strategies used to attract …
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Role of Genotype-by-Temperature Interactions in the Maintenance of Polygenic Sex Determination in the House Fly
… Further, using inter-strain and intra-strain mating assays, I found IIIM males have a mating advantage over YM males and males from lower temperatures have a mating advantage over males from higher temperatures. Using a survival assay, I found some differences in lifespan between YM and IIIM …
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Male gamete morphology in relation to swimming velocity and fertilisation microenvironment
… sperm swim faster than shorter sperm. During competitive mating, when the ejaculate from two or more males compete to fertilise a given set of eggs, longer and therefore faster, sperm should have a fertilisation advantage as they can reach and fertilise eggs first. However identifying the …