Sperm competition and the evolution of gamete morphology in frogs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1528, 2003, Pages 2079-2086

  Byrne, Phillip G ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a   Roberts, J Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg size; Frogs; Gamete coevolution; Sperm competition; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FROG; GAMETE; MORPHOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FROG; GAMETE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK; SPAWNING; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PISCES;

EID: 0141751692     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2433     Document Type: Article

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