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