Complex sperm evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4341-4342

  Gage, Matthew J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84858663845     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201827109     Document Type: Note

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