Functional morphology of sexually selected gentalia in the water strider Aquarius remigis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 400-413

  Fairbairn, Daphne J ^a   Vermette, Richard ^b   Kapoor, Narinder N ^c   Zahiri, Nayer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INSECT; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE;

EID: 1942523974     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-021     Document Type: Article

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