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Heritable determinants of male fertilization success in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

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Title
Heritable determinants of male fertilization success in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
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BMC Ecology and Evolution, April 2011
DOI 10.1186/1471-2148-11-99
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Rosalind L Murray, Joanna L Kozlowska, Asher D Cutter

Abstract

Sperm competition is a driving force in the evolution of male sperm characteristics in many species. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, larger male sperm evolve under experimentally increased sperm competition and larger male sperm outcompete smaller hermaphrodite sperm for fertilization within the hermaphrodite reproductive tract. To further elucidate the relative importance of sperm-related traits that contribute to differential reproductive success among males, we quantified within- and among-strain variation in sperm traits (size, rate of production, number transferred, competitive ability) for seven male genetic backgrounds known previously to differ with respect to some sperm traits. We also quantified male mating ability in assays for rates of courtship and successful copulation, and then assessed the roles of these pre- and post-mating traits in first- and second-male fertilization success.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Sweden 1 2%
Canada 1 2%
Unknown 59 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 37%
Researcher 14 23%
Student > Master 10 16%
Student > Bachelor 5 8%
Professor 4 6%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 1 2%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 39 63%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 19%
Neuroscience 5 8%
Environmental Science 2 3%
Mathematics 1 2%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 1 2%
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