Ejaculate traits in relation to male body size in the eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1600-1611

  Locatello, L ^a   Rasotto, M B ^a   Adriaenssens, B ^b   Pilastro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Poeciliidae; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm morphology; Sperm speed

Indexed keywords

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 55949087683     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02034.x     Document Type: Article

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