Sperm design and variation in the New World blackbirds (Icteridae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 899-909

  Lüpold, Stefan ^a,b   Linz, George M ^c   Birkhead, Tim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Passerine birds; Phylogenetic analysis; Sperm competition; Sperm morphology; Sperm velocity

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; TAXONOMY;

AVES; ICTERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 63149157206     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0733-6     Document Type: Article

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