Variation of sperm precedence in the rove beetle Aleochara curtula (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1065-1077

  Benken, T ^a   Knaak, A ^a   Gack, C ^a   Eberle, M ^a   Peschke, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aleocham curtula; Mating system; Oligonucleotide DNA fingerprinting; Sperm competition; Sperm precedence; Spermatophore function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033261035     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501757     Document Type: Article

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