The evolution of sperm size in birds

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 937-945

  Briskie, James V ^a,c   Montgomerie, Robert ^a   Birkhead, Tim R ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Passerine birds; Sperm competition; Sperm size; Sperm storage tubule

Indexed keywords

BIRD; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM SIZE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0030790489     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03674.x     Document Type: Article

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