Sperm competition or sperm selection: No evidence for female influence over paternity in yellow dung flies Scatophaga stercoraria

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Simmons, L W ^a,b   Stockley, P ^a   Jackson, R L ^a   Parker, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non random paternity; Scatophaga stercoraria; Sperm competition; Sperm selection

Indexed keywords

PATERNITY; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM SELECTION; YELLOW DUNGFLY;

DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE; SCATOPHAGA STERCORARIA;

EID: 0029659271     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050233     Document Type: Article

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