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A change in social status can quickly lead to a change in the quality of the seminal fluid produced by a male Chinook salmon as he responds to increased reproductive competition from higher-status males.

Original publication

DOI

10.7554/eLife.32009

Type

Journal article

Journal

Elife

Publication Date

31/10/2017

Volume

6

Keywords

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, ejaculate quality, evolutionary biology, genomics, seminal fluid, social status, sperm competition, sperm velocity