Sperm viability and sperm competition in insects

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-123

  Hunter, F M ^a   Birkhead, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037154007     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00647-9     Document Type: Article

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