Sperm competition games played by dimorphic male beetles: Fertilization gains with equal mating access

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1452, 2000, Pages 1547-1553

  Tomkins, J L ^a   Simmons, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Male dimorphism; Onthophagus; Paternity; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BEETLE; COMPETITION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); SPERM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IRRADIATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS BINODIS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS;

EID: 0034617897     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1177     Document Type: Article

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