Intraspecific variation in sperm size characters

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 655-659

  Ward, Paul I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Heritability; Heterospermic insemination; Sex linkage; Sperm competition; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DETERMINATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATING SYSTEM; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON;

INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM SIZE;

EID: 0032102614     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00401.x     Document Type: Review

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