Explain sperm competition.
What will be an ideal response?
In most of the species, males produce many sperm cells while females produce far fewer egg cells, some of them even one per ovulatory cycle. This makes female eggs more valuable in a reproductive sense and also a point of competition for males of the same species. Males develop different strategies in order to enhance their reproductive success, and one of them is sperm competition—the development of certain characteristics of male genitals that enhance reproductive chances. Penis and testes size are often indicative of sperm competition. For example, in silverback gorillas, a species that is
polygynous, males have small penises because they have exclusive access to a harem of females and don’t have to be efficient in copulation. Chimpanzees, which are very promiscuous, have large penises and even more prominent testicles, as they engage in more competition, and a larger sperm count gives them many benefits.
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