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Mice Evolve Better, Not Bigger, Balls in Sperm Race

Size isn’t everything. For decades, we’ve known that bigger balls are a sign that there is strong sperm competition between males. But now a laboratory experiment has shown that when many male mice mate with the same females, their descendants can quickly evolve testes that can produce more sperm even though they’re not any larger.

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