Galapagos Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2009) — Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperm have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg. But now a research team at Uppsala University can demonstrate that unfaithful females of the cichlid fish species influence the males’ sperm. Increased competition leads to both faster and larger sperm, and the research findings now being published in the scientific journal PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, thus show that the much mythologized size factor does indeed count.Infidelity Produces Faster Sperm, Swedish Fish Study Finds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Has to be dirty joke in there somewhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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