Sperm Competition in Humans : Classic and Contemporary Readings

In species with internal fertilization, sperm competition occurs when the sperm of two or more males simultaneously occupy the reproductive tract of a female and compete to fertilize an egg (Parker, 1970).

and overview.- Sperm competition in humans.- Why are there so many tiny sperm? sperm competition and the maintenance of two sexes (1982).- Sperm competition, male prudence, and sperm-limited females (2002).- Classic readings in human sperm competition.- Human sperm competition (1984).- "Kamikaze" sperm in mammals? (1988).- Deformed sperm are probably not adaptive (1989).- Elaboration of the kamikaze sperm hypothesis: a reply to harcourt (1989).- Number of sperm in human ejaculates varies in accordance with sperm competition theory (1989).- Do females promote sperm competition? data for humans (1990).- Human sperm competition: ejaculate adjustment by males and the function of masturbation (1993).- Human sperm competition: ejaculate manipulation by females and a function for the female orgasm (1993).- Contemporary readings in human sperm competition.- No evidence for killer sperm or other selective interactions between human spermatozoa in ejaculates of different males in vitro (1999).- Psychological adaptation to human sperm competition (2002).- Semen displacement as a sperm competition strategy in humans (2004).- Human female orgasm and mate fluctuating asymmetry (1995).