Emergence of sperm from female storage sites has egg-influenced and egg-independent phases in Drosophila melanogaster

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 128-130

  Bloch Qazi, Margaret C ^a,b   Wolfner, Mariana F ^b  

^a GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg; Female sperm storage; Fertility; Fertilization; Gamete coordination; Sperm Use

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33644884449     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0386     Document Type: Article

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