Do the fastest sperm within an ejaculate swim faster in subordinate than in dominant males of Arctic char?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1019-1024

  Vaz Serrano, Jonathan ^a   Folstad, Ivar ^a   Rudolfsen, Geir ^a   Figenschou, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EJACULATION; MEAN VELOCITY; SPERM; SPERM VELOCITY;

CELLS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DOMINANCE; FISH; MALE; SPERM; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 33749661889     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-097     Document Type: Article

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