Wolbachia infection reduces sperm competitive ability in an insect

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1593, 2006, Pages 1455-1458

  De Crespigny, Fleur E Champion ^a   Wedell, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; FITNESS; FLY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; FERTILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FERTILITY; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 33746192321     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3478     Document Type: Article

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