Nuptial gifts fail to resolve a sexual conflict in an insect

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wedell, Nina ^a   Tregenza, Tom ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; REQUENA VERTICALIS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 48449099664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-204     Document Type: Article

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