Sperm competition differentially affects swimming velocity and size of spermatozoa from closely related muroid rodents: Head first

Reproduction

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 819-830

  Montoto, Laura Gómez ^a   Sánchez, María Varea ^a   Tourmente, Maximiliano ^a   Martín Coello, Juan ^a   Luque Larena, Juan José ^b   Gomendio, Montserrat ^a   Roldan, Eduardo R S ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWIMMING; TESTIS SIZE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CELL SIZE; MALE; MICE; MURIDAE; ORGAN SIZE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 82355184561     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0232     Document Type: Article

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