No evidence for killer sperm or other selective interactions between human spermatozoa in ejaculates of different males in vitro

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1436, 1999, Pages 2343-2350

  Moore, H D M ^a   Martin, M ^a   Birkhead, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human reproduction; Kamikaze sperm hypothesis; Mechanism of sperm competition; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

SPERM COMPETITION;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

EID: 0033534016     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0929     Document Type: Article

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