The cost of sex: Quantifying energetic investment in gamete production by males and females

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hayward, April ^a   Gillooly, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIRD; BODY MASS; CELL ENERGY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GAMETE; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS SIZE; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GERM CELL; GONAD; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; REPTILIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX;

EID: 79551517594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016557     Document Type: Article

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