Paper on leaf cutter ant sperm evolution discussing how the proportion of motile spermatozoa, sperm swimming speed, and linearity of sperm movement increased when rival ejaculates were mixed in vitro. #MUevolution19 https://t.co/OjlAtcjSkd
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Rival seminal fluid induces enhanced sperm motility in a polyandrous ant | BMC Evolutionary Biology | Full Text https://t.co/Pg7G8JsA7C
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https://t.co/LqBqP082Pi #MUevolution18 the effects of ejaculate admixture on sperm motility in A. echinatior found that the proportion of motile spermatozoa, sperm swimming speed, and linearity of sperm movement increased when rival ejaculates were mixed
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A. echinatior ant sperm swimming speed has been found to increase when in the presence of rival sperm from other males, and decrease in speed when in presence of its own seminal fluid. #MUevolution18 https://t.co/uropo0v9kX