Ecological models explaining the success of distinctive sperm and eggs (oogamy)

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Dusenbery, David B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ECOLOGY; EGG; GAMETE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0036419468     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(02)93100-0     Document Type: Article

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