Sexual conflict resulting from adaptations to sperm competition

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 154-159

  Stockley, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION;

EID: 0031113789     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01000-8     Document Type: Review

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