Influence of female reproductive anatomy on the outcome of sperm competition in Drosophila melanogaster

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1514, 2003, Pages 523-530

  Bangham, J ^a   Chapman, T ^a   Smith, H K ^b   Partridge, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sperm storage; Spermathecae; Temporal sperm use

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037423873     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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