Intra-specific variation of sperm length in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae: Males with shorter sperm have higher reproductive success

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Voordouw, Maarten J ^a,b,c   Koella, Jacob C ^b   Hurd, Hilary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CARRIER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CELL SIZE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 58149098427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-214     Document Type: Article

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