Rapid sperm evolution in the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) subspecies complex

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1548-z" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1548-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1548-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00265-013-1548-z</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Rapid sperm evolution in the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) subspecies complex

Original language description

Spermatozoa are among the most variable animal cell types, and much research is currently directed towards explaining inter- and intraspecific variation in sperm form and function. Recent comparative studies in passerine birds have found associations between the level of sperm competition and both sperm length and sperm velocity. In species with sperm competition, postcopulatory sexual selection may shape the morphology of sperm as adaptations to the female environment. The speed of evolutionary changein sperm morphology at the species level is largely unknown. In this study, we analysed variation in sperm morphology among morphologically distinct and geographically isolated bluethroat subspecies in Europe. Consistent with previous studies, our analyses of mtDNA and nuclear introns suggest recent divergence and lack of lineage sorting among the subspecies. We found significant divergence in total sperm length and in the length of some sperm components (i.e. head and midpiece). There w

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

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

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

8

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

"1205?1217"

UT code for WoS article

000321964800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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