High variation in sperm precedence and last male advantage in the scorpionfly Panorpa germanica L. (Mecoptera, Panorpidae): Possible causes and consequences

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1145-1150

  Kock, Dagmar ^a   Sauer, Klaus P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraspecific variance; Mate choice; Sperm competition; Sperm transfer; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

FLY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSECTS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; MECOPTERA; PANORPA GERMANICA; PANORPIDAE;

EID: 35548958620     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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