Phenotypic plasticity in sperm production rate: There's more to it than testis size

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-306

  Schärer, Lukas ^a   Vizoso, Dita B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Male allocation; Phenotypic plasticity; Platyhelminthes; Sperm competition; Testis size

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

MACROSTOMUM LIGNANO; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 34248217134     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9101-4     Document Type: Article

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