Pronounced within-individual plasticity in sperm morphometry across social environments

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1634-1643

  Immler, Simone ^a,b,c   Pryke, Sarah R ^a   Birkhead, Tim R ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid hormones; Phenotypic plasticity; Social hierarchy; Sperm competition; Sperm morphometry

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

ERYTHRURA GOULDIAE;

EID: 77953876976     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00924.x     Document Type: Article

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