Sperm competition in birds

Reviews of Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-129

  Birkhead, Tim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COPULATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOWL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TURKEY (BIRD);

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031805380     PISSN: 13596004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0030123     Document Type: Article

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