Sperm mobility determines the outcome of sperm competition in the domestic fowl

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1430, 1999, Pages 1759-1764

  Birkhead, T R ^a   Martinez J G ^a,c   Burke, T ^a   Froman, D P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic fowl; Reproduction; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm mobility

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

MOBILITY; PATERNITY; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOWL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0033533399     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0843     Document Type: Article

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