Variation in sperm size within and between ejaculates in a cockroach

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 598-602

  Harris, W E ^a   Moore, A J ^b   Moore, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraspecific variation; Nauphoeta cinerea; Repeatability; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SIZE EFFECT; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; NAUPHOETA CINEREA;

EID: 34249012747     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01248.x     Document Type: Article

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