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The sperm race is often a team sport: an analysis of 621 arthropod species found sperm cooperation evolved independently dozens of times

Sperm cells evolve rapidly and have unique life histories. This study uses phylogenetic modelling to show that sperm conjugation, a type of social cooperation among sperm, has a deep and pervasive evolutionary history, including repeated convergence of both structures and their underlying proteins.

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