Sperm competition promotes diversity of sperm bundles in Ohomopterus ground beetles

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 543-550

  Takami, Yasuoki ^a   Sota, Teiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genitalia; Independent contrast; Sexual selection; Sperm heteromorphism; Spermatodesm

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FITNESS; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; OHOMOPTERUS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CARABIDAE; OHOMOPTERUS;

EID: 34249946344     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0225-3     Document Type: Article

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