A potential mechanism for cryptic female choice in a flour beetle

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 170-176

  Bloch Qazi, Margaret C ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulatory behaviour; Sexual selection; Sperm precedence; Sperm storage; Sperm transfer

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COPULATION; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0037236544     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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