Female role in sperm storage in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 641-647

  Bloch Qazi, Margaret C ^a   Aprille, June R ^a   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Extreme hypoxia; Sexual selection; Sperm movement; Sperm storage; Spermatheca

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; IODOACETIC ACID; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM CYANIDE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0032124728     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10081-8     Document Type: Article

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