Only long sperm are fertilization-competent in six sperm-heteromorphic Drosophila species

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 291-294

  Snook, Rhonda R ^a   Karr, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0032567976     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70112-5     Document Type: Article

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