The seminal symphony:How to compose an ejaculate

Perry, Jennifer C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8449-2764, Sirot, Laura and Wigby, Stuart (2013) The seminal symphony:How to compose an ejaculate. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28 (7). pp. 414-422. ISSN 0169-5347

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Abstract

Ejaculates are fundamental to fitness in sexually reproducing animals: males gain all their direct fitness via the ejaculate and females require ejaculates to reproduce. Both sperm and non-sperm components of the ejaculate (including parasperm, seminal proteins, water, and macromolecules) play vital roles in postcopulatory sexual selection and conflict, processes that can potentially drive rapid evolutionary change and reproductive isolation. Here, we assess the increasing evidence that considering ejaculate composition as a whole (and potential trade-offs among ejaculate components) has important consequences for predictions about male reproductive investment and female responses to ejaculates. We review current theory and empirical work, and detail how social and environmental effects on ejaculate composition have potentially far-reaching fitness consequences for both sexes.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	condition,ejaculate,sexual coevolution,sexual conflict,sexual selection,sperm competition,ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1105
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2022 17:30
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 17:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/89503
DOI:	10.1016/j.tree.2013.03.005

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