Dynamics of sperm transfer in the ant Leptothorax gredleri

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 781-786

  Oppelt, Angelika ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Mating; Reproductive biology; Spermatheca; Spermathecal duct; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

ANT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX GREDLERI;

EID: 34547673317     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0249-8     Document Type: Article

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