Secondary sexual characters and sperm traits in coho salmon oncorhynchus kisutch

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1450-1461

  Pitcher, T E ^a   Doucet, S M ^a   Beausoleil, J M J ^a   Hanley, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Longevity; Motility; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; MALE; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; MALE; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 65449129225     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02210.x     Document Type: Article

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