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Noun Concept
Categories: Sexual selection, Animal reproductive system, Evolutionary biology
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sperm storage  female sperm storage  GO:0046693  retention of sperm  seminal receptacle
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Female sperm storage is a biological process and often a type of sexual selection in which sperm cells transferred to a female during mating are temporarily retained within a specific part of the reproductive tract before the oocyte, or egg, is fertilized. Wikipedia
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Female sperm storage is a biological process and often a type of sexual selection in which sperm cells transferred to a female during mating are temporarily retained within a specific part of the reproductive tract before the oocyte, or egg, is fertilized. Wikipedia