The human penis as a semen displacement device

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-289

  Gallup Jr , Gordon G ^a   Burch, Rebecca L ^a,b   Zappieri, Mary L ^a   Parvez, Rizwan A ^a   Stockwell, Malinda L ^a   Davis, Jennifer A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Paternity; Penis morphology; Semen displacement; Sexual behavior; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

GLANS;

EID: 0042843540     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(03)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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