Social cues of sperm competition influence accessory reproductive gland size in a promiscuous mammal

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1709, 2011, Pages 1171-1176

  Lemaître, Jean François ^a   Ramm, Steven A ^b   Hurst, Jane L ^a   Stockley, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Copulatory plug; Ejaculate production; Phenotypic plasticity; Seminal vesicle; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EUSOCIALITY; MOTILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; ASSOCIATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; ODOR; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; ODORS; ORGAN SIZE; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 79960067171     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1828     Document Type: Article

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