Sperm competition in mammals

Human Fertility

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-97

  Stockley, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonistic coevolution; Cryptic female choice; Multiple mating; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CELL STRUCTURE; COEVOLUTION; COPULATION; EJACULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FERTILIZATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAMETE; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMALS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 3442898230     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270410001699054     Document Type: Review

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