Evidence for sperm transfer during sneaky mating in wild Trinidadian guppies |
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| Authors: | I. M. Matthews A. E. Magurran |
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| Affiliation: | Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TS, Scotland |
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| Abstract: | Among Trinidadian guppies Poecilia reticulata , 15% of non-receptive females had recoverable sperm that must have come from successful sneaky matings. These results provide the first evidence that sneaky mating is a successful method of sperm transfer in wild populations of the guppy. |
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| Keywords: | guppy Poecilia reticulata sneaky mating sperm transfer |
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