Sperm utilization patterns and reproductive success in captive loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta)

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-72

  Sakaoka, Ken ^a,b   Yoshii, Makoto ^a   Okamoto, Hitoshi ^a   Sakai, Fusae ^c,d   Nagasawa, Kazuya ^b  

^a Minato ku   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Cheloniidae; loggerhead turtle; microsatellite DNA; paternity; Reptilia; sperm competition; sperm precedence; sperm storage; successive clutches; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79960377801     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0878.1     Document Type: Article

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