Sperm swimming velocity predicts competitive fertilization success in the green swordtail Xiphophorus helleri

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Gasparini, Clelia ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^b   Beveridge, Maxine ^b   Evans, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FERTILIZATION; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VELOCITY; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI; ANIMAL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77957912445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012146     Document Type: Article

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