The quick and the dead? Sperm competition and sexual conflict in sea

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2693-2700

  Bode, Michael ^a   Marshall, Dustin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Evolutionary stable strategy; Game theory; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GAME THEORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GAME; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAME THEORY; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 35748986410     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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