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Dominant rams lose out by sperm depletion

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A waning success in siring counters a ram's high score in competition for ewes.

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Figure 1: Evidence for sperm depletion in Soay sheep rams.

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  1. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK

    Brian T. Preston, Ian R. Stevenson & Kenneth Wilson

  2. Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK

    Josephine M. Pemberton

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Preston, B., Stevenson, I., Pemberton, J. et al. Dominant rams lose out by sperm depletion. Nature 409, 681–682 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35055617

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