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BiologyHatchingMatingSpermFemale sperm storageSexual selectionFertilityHuman fertilizationZoologyReceptacleInbred strainSperm competitionGeneticsEcologyBotanyPopulationDemography
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- 1956
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 261-279
- Citations
- 260
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John Maynard Smith
(1956).
Fertility, mating behaviour and sexual selection inDrosophila Subobscura.
Journal of Genetics
, 54
(2)
, 261-279.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02982781
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- 10.1007/bf02982781