Male mating rate is constrained by seminal fluid availability in bedbugs, cimex lectularius

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Reinhardt, Klaus ^a,b   Naylor, Richard ^a   Siva Jothy, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; FEMALE; MALE; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 79960149513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022082     Document Type: Article

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