Complex female reproductive tract morphology: Its possible use in postcopulatory female choice

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-186

  Hellriegel, Barbara ^a   Ward, Paul I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE CHOICE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT; SPERM STORAGE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; AVES;

EID: 0032554033     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0546     Document Type: Article

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