Efficiency of gamete usage in nature: Sperm storage, fertilization and polyspermy

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1490, 2002, Pages 467-473

  Snook, Rhonda R ^a   Markow, Therese Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gamete utilization; Polyspermy; Sexual conflict; Sperm heteromorphism

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); REPRODUCTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DROSOPHILA; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OVUM; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 53149134685     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1854     Document Type: Article

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