Sperm length and quality in sperm-dependent parthenogens

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-87

  D'Souza, Thomas G ^a   Bellenhaus, Vera ^b   Wesselmann, Ramona ^c   Michiels, Nico K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c CeNTech Center for Nanotechnology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution of sex; Fertility; Hermaphrodite; Male allocation; Male investment; Occasional sex; Parthenogenesis; Platyhelminthes; Reproduction; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLATWORM; HERMAPHRODITE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHMIDTEA POLYCHROA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 37249049730     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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