Cryptic female choice during spermatophore transfer in Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-98

  Fedina, Tatyana Y ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sexual selection; Sperm number

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COPULATION; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE MATING; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE; STARVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGONIA;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 33845905508     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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