Asymmetry, testis and sperm size in Yellow Dung Flies

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-236

  Hosken, D J ^a   Garner, T W J ^a   Blanckenhorn, W U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developmental stability; FA; Scathophaga

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

SCATHOPHAGA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0038740467     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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