Sperm precedence in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-334

  Solensky, Michelle J ^a   Oberhauser, Karen S ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Monarch butterflies; PGI genotype; Sperm competition; Sperm transfer

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTYPE; PATERNITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 64949124671     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp003     Document Type: Article

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