Factors affecting sperm quality before and after mating of calopterygid damselflies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Tsuchiya, Kaori ^a   Hayashi, Fumio ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952116878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009904     Document Type: Article

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