Sperm numbers vary between inter- and intra-population matings of the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-241

  Reinhardt, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorthippus parallelus; Ejaculate size; Genetic incompatibility; Reproductive isolation; Speciation; Sperm number

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; GAMETE; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASSHOPPER; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

ALLOPATRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMETE; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

CHORTHIPPUS PARALLELUS;

EID: 33745328103     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0446     Document Type: Article

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