Experimental evolution of sperm competitiveness in a mammal

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Firman, Renée C ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; MOTILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PATERNITY; POLYGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78651588033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-19     Document Type: Article

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