Genital morphology and fertilization success in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus: An example of sexually selected male genitalia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1514, 2003, Pages 447-455

  House, Clarissa M ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Male genitalia; Onthophagus; Paternity; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEETLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; VARIANCE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0037423833     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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