The sexually-selected sperm hypothesis: Sex-biased inheritance and sexual antagonism

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-209

  Pizzari, T ^a   Birkhead, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic genomes; Female choice of sperm; Reproductive strategies; Sex biased transmission; Sexual antagonism; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sexually selected sperm hypothesis; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COPULATION; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS); ANIMALS;

EID: 0036014505     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793101005863     Document Type: Review

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