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Fig. 3 | BMC Evolutionary Biology

Fig. 3

From: Is sperm morphology functionally related to sperm swimming ability? A case study in a wild passerine bird with male hierarchies

Fig. 3

Relation between the decay in sperm velocity (VCL) across time and sperm design across social ranks (a-d) after manipulating the social environment. The surfaces were obtained from predicted values extracted from linear mixed models. Larger PC values indicate larger flagella and mid-pieces relative to head size, and they are centered by social rank

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