Sperm competition games between related males

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1447, 2000, Pages 1027-1032

  Parker, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategies; Games between relatives; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; RELATEDNESS; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; GAME; INFORMATION; MATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 0034702091     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1106     Document Type: Article

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