Sperm competitive ability and indices of lifetime reproductive success

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2746-2757

  Fricke, Claudia ^a   Martin, Oliver Y ^a,b   Bretman, Amanda ^a   Bussière, Luc F ^c   Chapman, Tracey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessory gland products; Drosophila; P1; P2; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm precedence

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLY; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77956420212     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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