Seminal fluid affects sperm viability in a cricket

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Simmons, Leigh W ^a   Beveridge, Maxine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; EJACULATION; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79953047096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017975     Document Type: Article

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