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Stephanie @smfox.bsky.social

Emma is speaking as a person who actually read the paper 🤣 The paper reviews two main mathematical models that explain anisogamy: gamete competition & gamete limitation. Gamete competition refers to the struggle among sperm to fertilize an egg, while gamete limitation refers to the scarcity of eggs

aug 26, 2025, 11:18 am • 1 0

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Stephanie @smfox.bsky.social

The authors argue that these two concepts are not separate but are two parts of the same evolutionary process that led to the divergence of gamete sizes. This paper does not say what you claim

aug 26, 2025, 11:19 am • 1 0 • view