Indirect sperm transfer in arthropods: Behavioral and evolutionary trends

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue , 1998, Pages 153-174

  Proctor, H C ^a  

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Author keywords

Arachnida; Hexapoda; Myriapoda; Phylogeny; Sexual selection; Spermatophores

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EID: 0031936054     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.153     Document Type: Review

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