Variation in sperm morphology of a murine rodent from South-East Asia: the Greater Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota indica

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-205

  Thitipramote, Natthawut ^a,b,c   Suwanjarat, Jintamas ^a   Leigh, Christopher ^b   Breed, William G ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Greater Bandicoot Rat; Sperm polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; BANDICOTA INDICA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79958711370     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2010.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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