Evolution of larger sperm in response to experimentally increased sperm competition in Caenorhabditis elegans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1496, 2002, Pages 1125-1128

  LaMunyon, Craig W ^a   Ward, Samuel ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Nematodes; Sperm competition; Sperm evolution; Sperm size

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SIZE; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APUS APUS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 41049113225     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.1996     Document Type: Article

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