Sperm structure and motility in the eusocial naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber: A case of degenerative orthogenesis in the absence of sperm competition?

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Van Der Horst, Gerhard ^a   Maree, Liana ^a   Kotzé, Sanet H ^b   O'Riain, M Justin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; EUSOCIALITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOTILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; QUEEN; RODENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOLE RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOLE RATS; PAIR BOND; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 82655170603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-351     Document Type: Article

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