Coevolution of sperm and female reproductive tract morphology in stalk-eyed flies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1423, 1999, Pages 1041-1047

  Presgraves, Daven C ^a,d   Baker, Richard H ^b,c   Wilkinson, Gerald S ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Sexual selection; Sperm; Sperm competition; Stalk eyed flies

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; INSECT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

DIOPSIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033594677     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0741     Document Type: Article

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