Sperm competition and the evolution of sperm design in mammals

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tourmente, Maximiliano ^a,b   Gomendio, Montserrat ^a   Roldan, Eduardo R S ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; MOTILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPERM COMPETITION; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL SIZE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78651316748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-12     Document Type: Article

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