Copula duration and sperm storage in Mediterranean fruit flies from a wild population

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 94-99

  Taylor, Phillip W ^a   Kaspi, Roy ^a   Yuval, Boaz ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Copula; Sexual selection; Sperm; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

CERATITIS CAPITATA;

EID: 0034119595     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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