Sperm storage and arrangement within females of the arctiid moth Utetheisa ornatrix

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1182-1188

  Curril, Ingrid M ^a   LaMunyon, Craig W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apyrene sperm; Eupyrene sperm; Sperm competition; Sperm precedence; Utetheisa

Indexed keywords

MOTH; PATERNITY; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 33750981830     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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