Sperm: Seminal fluid interactions and the adjustment of sperm quality in relation to female attractiveness

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1672, 2009, Pages 3467-3475

  Cornwallis, Charlie K ^a   O'Connor, Emily A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female ornamentation; Reproductive strategies; Seminal fluid; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; ORNAMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FOWL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; VELOCITY;

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CHICKENS; COMB AND WATTLES; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 70349629752     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0807     Document Type: Article

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