Evolution of sperm size in nematodes: Sperm competition favours larger sperm

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1416, 1999, Pages 263-267

  LaMunyon, Craig W ^a   Ward, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Evolution; Nematodes; Sperm competition; Sperm size

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; REPRODUCTION; SPERM;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

EID: 0033531346     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0631     Document Type: Article

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