Honey bee (Apis mellifera) sperm competition in vitro - Two are no less viable than one

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 556-561

  Shafir, Sharoni ^a,c   Kabanoff, Liz ^b   Duncan, Michael ^b   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Polyandry; Sperm competition; Sperm incapacitation; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HONEYBEE; INHIBITION; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM COMPETITION; VIABILITY;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 70349636290     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009014     Document Type: Article

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