Subspecific variation in sperm morphology and performance in the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acutica

• 作 者: Melissah Rowe Simon C.Griffith
• 机 构: NaturalHistoryMuseum,CentreforEcologicalandEvolutionarySynthesis,DepartmentofBiologicalSciences,Elec
• 出 处: 中国鸟类：英文版
• 发表日期: 2015年4期
• 关键词: PASSERINE REPRODUCTIVE barriers SPERM evolution STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS
• 基金项目: the authority of the Macquarie University Animal Ethics Committee (ARA No. 2007/037),supported by Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP0881019 (to SCG),supported by the Research Counc

Background: Evolutionary biology endeavours to explain biological diversity,and as such it is critical to develop an understanding of the adaptive and functional significance of trait variation.Spermatozoa exhibit remarkable levels of morphological divers