Female feral fowl eject sperm of subdominant males

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6788, 2000, Pages 787-789

  Pizzari, T ^a   Birkhead, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SPERM SELECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FOWL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHICKENS; COPULATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034660294     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35015558     Document Type: Article

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