The copulation biology of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 14, Issue , 2010, Pages 55-68

  Baer, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Cryptic female choice; Kin selection; Review; Seminal fluid; Sexual reproduction; Sperm; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77956040795     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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