Mating Behaviour: Promiscuous Mothers Have Healthier Young
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2007
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Edvardsson, Evert
Champion de Crespigny, Fleur E.
Tregenza, Tom
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Cell Press
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A small marsupial has thrown new light on the question of why females typically mate with several males: promiscuous female antechinuses have many more surviving offspring because males that are successful in sperm competition also sire healthy offspring
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Keywords: animal; female; male; marsupial; multiple pregnancy; physiology; pregnancy; reproduction; sexual behavior; short survey; spermatozoon; suckling; survival; Animals; Animals, Suckling; Female; Male; Marsupialia; Multiple Birth Offspring; Pregnancy; Reproduc
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Current Biology
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