Sperm displacement in yellow dung flies: A role for females

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 251-252

  Hosken, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE;

COPULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATERNITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0032978872     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01641-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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