Variation in sperm morphometry and sperm competition among barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68081766:_____/13:00389814 RIV/00023272:_____/13:#0002135

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1450-0" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1450-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1450-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00265-012-1450-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Variation in sperm morphometry and sperm competition among barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations

Original language description

Spermatozoa vary greatly in size and shape among species across the animal kingdom. Postcopulatory sexual selection is thought to be the major evolutionary force driving this diversity. In contrast, less is known about how sperm size varies among populations of the same species. Here, we investigate geographic variation in sperm size in barn swallows Hirundo rustica, a socially monogamous passerine with a wide Holarctic breeding distribution. We included samples from seven populations and three subspecies: five populations of ssp. rustica in Europe (Czech, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Ukraine), one population of ssp. transitiva in Israel, and one population of ssp. erythrogaster in Canada. All sperm traits (head length, midpiece length, tail length, and total length) varied significantly among populations. The variation among the European rustica populations was much lower than the differences among subspecies, indicating that sperm traits reflect phylogenetic distance. We also performed

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F12%2F2472" target="_blank" >GAP506/12/2472: Post-copulatory sexual selection and the biology of sperm: within population processes and interspecific patterns in passerine birds</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

ISSN

0340-5443

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

67

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

301-309

UT code for WoS article

000313650600014

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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