Sperm size evolution in Drosophila: Inter- and intraspecific analysis

Genetica

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 233-244

  Joly, Dominique ^a   Korol, Abraham ^b   Nevo, Eviatar ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

D. melanogaster; D. simulans; Environment; Geographic variation; Polymorphism; Sexual selection; Sperm length distribution

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NATURAL DISASTERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 1842484498     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GENE.0000017644.63389.57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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