Sperm competition intensity shapes divergence in both sperm morphology and reproductive genes across murine rodents
E. E. K. Kopania, G. W. C. Thomas, C. R. Hutter, S. M. E. Mortimer, C. M. Callahan, E. Roycroft, A. S. Achmadi, W. G. Breed, N. L. Clark, J. A. Esselstyn, K. C. Rowe, J. M. Good
This study examines how sperm competition intensity influences sperm morphology and reproductive gene evolution across murine rodents, finding that smaller testes correlate with faster molecular evolution due to relaxed selection.
Evolution · Dec 22, 2024Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology