On sperm competition games: Incomplete fertilization risk and the equity paradox

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1416, 1999, Pages 269-274

  Mesterton Gibbons, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategies; Game theory; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; GAME; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPERM; SQUIRREL;

EID: 0033531338     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0632     Document Type: Article

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