Sperm competition in the absence of fertilization in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 201-208

  Singson, Andrew ^a   Hill, Katherine L ^a   L'Hernault, Steven W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MATING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FERTILIZATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032899016     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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