Dual function of seminal substances for mate guarding in a ground beetle

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1173-1178

  Takami, Yasuoki ^a   Sasabe, Masataka ^a   Nagata, Nobuaki ^a   Sota, Teiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory gland protein; Mating plug; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EVOLUTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; CARABUS PROCERULUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 56449131186     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn090     Document Type: Article

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