Sperm sociality: Cooperation, altruism, and spite

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 0925-0931

  Pizzari, Tommaso ^a   Foster, Kevin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COOPERATION; FERTILIZATION; NATURAL SELECTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HAPLOIDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RODENTIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 45149133837     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060130     Document Type: Review

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