No evidence for sperm priming responses under varying sperm competition risk or intensity in guppies

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 771-779

  Evans, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Poeciliidae; Sperm allocation; Sperm competition theory. Poecilia reticulata; Sperm expenditure

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CYPRINID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX ALLOCATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GUPPY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; PROBABILITY; RISK-TAKING; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

POECILIA RETICULATA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 67650726914     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0529-6     Document Type: Article

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