Sperm number and velocity affect sperm competition success in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 813-821

  Boschetto, Chiara ^a   Gasparini, Clelia ^a   Pilastro, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm length; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PATERNAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 79952695476     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1085-y     Document Type: Article

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