Variable sperm size and motility activation in the pipefish, Syngnathus abaster; adaptations to paternal care or environmental plasticity?

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 474-482

  Dzyuba, B B ^a   Van Look, K J W ^b   Kholodnyy, V S ^a   Satake, N ^b   Cheung, S ^b   Holt, W V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND CRYOMEDICINE   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Pouch; Sperm morphology; Sperm transport.; Sperm:egg ratio; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FRESHWATER FISH; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PLASTICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISHES; GENITALIA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OOCYTES; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; MICROPHIS; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHUS ABASTER;

EID: 42149130891     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07221     Document Type: Article

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