Superior sperm competitors sire higher-quality young

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1527, 2003, Pages 1933-1938

  Hosken, D J ^a   Garner, T W J ^a   Tregenza, T ^b   Wedell, N ^b   Ward, P I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Good genes; Polyandry; Scatophaga; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLY; POLYANDRY; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SPERM COMPETITION; STARVATION;

DIPTERA; SCATHOPHAGA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0141860949     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2443     Document Type: Article

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