The Sultan of Sperm By Diana Swift Robin Baker's research yields seminal findings about the female's reproductive role Saskatchewan winters have become increasingly toxic to me.
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The cheating, mind you, is highly selective and designed to prevent stagnation of the genetic pool. In terms of controlling reproduction, the female will always have the upper hand. Just how she wins in the battle of the sexes is played out both in Dr. Baker's studies in the 1980s and '90s at the University of Manchester and in his 1996 popular-science book Sperm Wars. His perspective on selective promiscuity in females grew out of his controversial research in sperm competition in Manchester's biological sciences department. In his schema, very few sperm are active egg-getters capable of partnering conception.