Mating Behaviour: Promiscuous Mothers Have Healthier Young

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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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Current Biology

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2037-12-31