Sexual selection and the evolution of sperm quality

Male-female relatedness and patterns of male reproductive investment in guppies

(2014) L. J. Fitzpatrick et al.   Biology Letters

Fluorescent sperm in a transparent worm: validation of a GFP marker to study sexual selection

(2014) Lucas Marie-Orleach et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The battle of the sexes starts in the oviduct: modulation of oviductal transcriptome by X and Y-bearing spermatozoa

(2014) Carmen Almiñana et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Sperm competition and the evolution of spermatogenesis

(2014) S. A. Ramm et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Maternal tract factors contribute to paternal seminal fluid impact on metabolic phenotype in offspring

(2014) John J. Bromfield et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Female monopolization mediates the relationship between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits

(2014) Stefan Lüpold et al.   Nature Communications

Experimental evolution of sperm competitiveness in a mammal

(2013) Renée C Firman et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Postcopulatory Sexual Selection Generates Speciation Phenotypes in Drosophila

(2013) Mollie K. Manier et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SPERM LENGTH AND SPEED DIFFER AMONG THREE INTERNALLY AND THREE EXTERNALLY FERTILIZING SPECIES

(2013) Julia L. Simpson et al.   EVOLUTION

CRYPTIC CHOICE OF CONSPECIFIC SPERM CONTROLLED BY THE IMPACT OF OVARIAN FLUID ON SPERM SWIMMING BEHAVIOR

(2013) Sarah E. Yeates et al.   EVOLUTION

POSTCOPULATORY SEXUAL SELECTION INCREASES ATP CONTENT IN RODENT SPERMATOZOA

(2013) Maximiliano Tourmente et al.   EVOLUTION

Semen quality in relation to antioxidant intake in a healthy male population

(2013) Piotr Zareba et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Opening a window onto sperm competition

(2013) John M. Belote et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Sperm form and function in the absence of sperm competition

(2013) Gerhard van der Horst et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Polyandry as a mediator of sexual selection before and after mating

(2013) C. Kvarnemo et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Female mediation of competitive fertilization success in Drosophila melanogaster

(2013) S. Lupold et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of sperm structure and energetics in passerine birds

(2013) M. Rowe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Infertility in male aquatic invertebrates: A review

(2012) Ceri Lewis et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Opposing effects of sperm viability and velocity on the outcome of sperm competition

(2012) Chad C. Smith   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Seasonal variation in ejaculate traits of male red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

(2012) Stefan Lüpold et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

How Multivariate Ejaculate Traits Determine Competitive Fertilization Success in Drosophila melanogaster

(2012) Stefan Lüpold et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

COMPLEX PATTERNS OF MULTIVARIATE SELECTION ON THE EJACULATE OF A BROADCAST SPAWNING MARINE INVERTEBRATE

(2012) John L. Fitzpatrick et al.   EVOLUTION

Seminal Plasma: An Essential Attribute to Spermatozoa

(2012) N. S. Juyena et al.   JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY

Sperm wars and the evolution of male fertility

(2012) Leigh W Simmons et al.   REPRODUCTION

The dynamics of sperm DNA stability in Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) spermatozoa before and after cryopreservation

(2012) P. Imrat et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Association between mRNA abundance of functional sperm function proteins and fertility of Holstein bulls

(2012) V. Kasimanickam et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

The Risk and Intensity of Sperm Ejection in Female Birds

(2011) Rebecca Dean et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Sperm competition and the evolution of sperm design in mammals

(2011) Maximiliano Tourmente et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Effects of vitamin E and beta-carotene on sperm competitiveness

(2011) Maria Almbro et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Sexually extravagant males age more rapidly

(2011) Brian T. Preston et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Relationships between the dynamics of iatrogenic DNA damage and genomic design in mammalian spermatozoa from eleven species

(2011) Jaime Gosálvez et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Sperm Competition Selects for Sperm Quantity and Quality in the Australian Maluridae

(2011) Melissah Rowe et al.   PLoS One

Sperm Competition, Sperm Numbers and Sperm Quality in Muroid Rodents

(2011) Laura Gómez Montoto et al.   PLoS One

Male Mating Rate Is Constrained by Seminal Fluid Availability in Bedbugs, Cimex lectularius

(2011) Klaus Reinhardt et al.   PLoS One

Protein-specific manipulation of ejaculate composition in response to female mating status in Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) L. K. Sirot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Resolving variation in the reproductive tradeoff between sperm size and number

(2011) S. Immler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cryptic female preference for genetically unrelated males is mediated by ovarian fluid in the guppy

(2011) C. Gasparini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Insect Seminal Fluid Proteins: Identification and Function

(2010) Frank W. Avila et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Sperm quantity and quality effects on fertilization success in a highly promiscuous passerine, the tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor

(2010) Terje Laskemoen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Sperm number and velocity affect sperm competition success in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

(2010) Chiara Boschetto et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Sperm midpiece length predicts sperm swimming velocity in house mice

(2010) R. C. Firman et al.   Biology Letters

Linking sperm length and velocity: the importance of intramale variation

(2010) J. L. Fitzpatrick et al.   Biology Letters

Patterns of genetic variation and covariation in ejaculate traits reveal potential evolutionary constraints in guppies

(2010) J P Evans   HEREDITY

The role of genotype-by-environment interactions in sexual selection

(2010) F. C. INGLEBY et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Resolving Mechanisms of Competitive Fertilization Success in Drosophila melanogaster

(2010) M. K. Manier et al.   SCIENCE

Seasonal variations in seminal plasma and sperm characteristics of wild-caught and cultivated Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua

(2010) I.A.E. Butts et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Seminal fluid protein depletion and replenishment in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster: an ELISA-based method for tracking individual ejaculates

(2009) Laura K. Sirot et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Sperm design and variation in the New World blackbirds (Icteridae)

(2009) Stefan Lüpold et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Sperm morphology, swimming velocity, and longevity in the house sparrow Passer domesticus

(2009) Fabrice Helfenstein et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Female presence influences sperm velocity in the guppy

(2009) C. Gasparini et al.   Biology Letters

Seminal Fluid Protein Allocation and Male Reproductive Success

(2009) Stuart Wigby et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SPERM SWIMMING SPEED BY SPERM COMPETITION AND FEMALE SPERM STORAGE DURATION IN PASSERINE BIRDS

(2009) Oddmund Kleven et al.   EVOLUTION

EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATION OF SEXUAL SELECTION PROMOTES GREATER MALE MATING CAPACITY BUT DOES NOT ALTER SPERM INVESTMENT

(2009) Helen S. Crudgington et al.   EVOLUTION

SPERM MORPHOLOGY AND VELOCITY ARE GENETICALLY CODETERMINED IN THE ZEBRA FINCH

(2009) Jim Mossman et al.   EVOLUTION

PRONOUNCED WITHIN-INDIVIDUAL PLASTICITY IN SPERM MORPHOMETRY ACROSS SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS

(2009) Simone Immler et al.   EVOLUTION

World Health Organization reference values for human semen characteristics*‡

(2009) Trevor G. Cooper et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Female promiscuity promotes the evolution of faster sperm in cichlid fishes

(2009) J. L. Fitzpatrick et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sperm morphology and sperm velocity in passerine birds

(2009) S. Lupold et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sperm competitiveness in frogs: slow and steady wins the race

(2009) M. A. Dziminski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sperm: seminal fluid interactions and the adjustment of sperm quality in relation to female attractiveness

(2009) C. K. Cornwallis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rapid rates of sperm DNA damage after activation in tench (Tinca tinca: Teleostei, Cyprinidae) measured using a sperm chromatin dispersion test

(2009) Carmen López-Fernández et al.   REPRODUCTION

Molecules involved in sperm-oviduct adhesion and release

(2009) R. Talevi et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

The Evolution of Animal Weapons

(2008) Douglas J. Emlen   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Sperm competition: linking form to function

(2008) Stuart Humphries et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Regulation of sperm storage and movement in the mammalian oviduct

(2008) Susan S. Suarez   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Implications of diversity in sperm size and function for sperm competition and fertility

(2008) Montserrat Gomendio et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gamete plasticity in a broadcast spawning marine invertebrate

(2008) A. J. Crean et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extreme endurance flights by landbirds crossing the Pacific Ocean: ecological corridor rather than barrier?

(2008) R. E Gill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES