Investment in testes and the cost of making long sperm in Drosophila

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-80

  Pitnick, Scott ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

BODY SIZE; SPERM QUALITY;

EID: 0029662742     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285911     Document Type: Article

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