Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive

Journal of Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Price, Tom ^a   Lewis, Zenobia ^b   Wedell, Nina ^a  

^a Centre for Ecology and Conservation   (United Kingdom)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MATING SYSTEM; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEX RATIO; SHORT SURVEY; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM PRESERVATION; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON;

DROSOPHILA SIMULANS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 63249103413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14754924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/jbiol109     Document Type: Short Survey

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