Sperm competition in the Acari

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 455-465

  Witalinski, Wojciech ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Female genital system; Reproduction; Reproductive behavior; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032808152     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006136922848     Document Type: Review

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