Tracking sperm of a donor in a recipient: An immunocytochemical approach

Animal Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-136

  Schärer, Lukas ^a,b   Zaubzer, Johanna ^a   Salvenmoser, Willi ^a   Seifarth, Christof ^a   Ladurner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BrdU; Cryptic female choice; Platyhelminthes; Postcopulatory sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm tracking; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOASSAY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; TRACKING;

MACROSTOMUM LIGNANO; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 34447126853     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075607780377992     Document Type: Article

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