Ejaculate components delay reproductive senescence while elevating female reproductive rate in an insect

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 21743-21747

  Reinhardt, Klaus ^a   Naylor, Richard A ^a   Siva Jothy, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessory gland proteins; Disposable soma; Interacting phenotype; Life history; Mating rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECTS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 76049102884     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905347106     Document Type: Article

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