Sexual selection and sperm competition in primates: What are male genitalia good for?

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 121-129

  Harcourt, Alexander H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

male genitalia; penis; primates; Sexual selection; sperm competition; testes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029496929     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.1360040404     Document Type: Article

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