The evolutionary significance of variation in sperm-egg interactions

Sperm Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 305-365

  Karr, Timothy L ^a   Swanson, William J ^b   Snook, Rhonda R ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951139622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-372568-4.00008-2     Document Type: Chapter

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