Social competitiveness associated with rapid fluctuations in sperm quality in male fowl

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1611, 2007, Pages 853-860

  Pizzari, Tommaso ^a   Cornwallis, Charles K ^a   Froman, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative mating strategies; Gallus; Phenotypic plasticity; Social status; Sperm competition; Sperm mobility

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POULTRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHICKEN; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; FOWL; GAMETE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34247183202     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0080     Document Type: Article

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