Mechanisms of last male precedence in a moth: Sperm displacement at ejaculation and storage sites

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 714-721

  Xu, Jin ^a   Wang, Qiao ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bursa copulatrix; last male precedence; sperm displacement; spermatheca

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 77954371198     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq044     Document Type: Article

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