Ejaculate expenditure and timing of gamete release in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 262-274

  Fitzpatrick, J L ^a,b   Liley, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ejaculate; Reproduction; Sperm; Sperm competition; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 46749141753     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01933.x     Document Type: Article

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