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Mating Behaviour: Promiscuous Mothers Have Healthier Young

Date

Authors

Edvardsson, Evert

Champion de Crespigny, Fleur E.

Tregenza, Tom

Publisher

Cell Press

Abstract

A small marsupial has thrown new light on the question of why females typically mate with several males: promiscuous female antechinuses have many more surviving offspring because males that are successful in sperm competition also sire healthy offspring

Keywords

Keywords: animal; female; male; marsupial; multiple pregnancy; physiology; pregnancy; reproduction; sexual behavior; short survey; spermatozoon; suckling; survival; Animals; Animals, Suckling; Female; Male; Marsupialia; Multiple Birth Offspring; Pregnancy; Reproduc

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60751

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Current Biology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.018

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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