Sperm size and number variation in the red flour beetle

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 369-375

  Arnaud, Ludovic ^a,b   Haubruge, Eric ^a,b   Gage, Matthew J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Ejaculate; Gamete; Sperm competition; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0035208694     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.2000.0287     Document Type: Article

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