The role of age on sperm traits in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 975-981

  Sasson, Daniel A ^a   Johnson, Sheri L ^b   Brockmann, H Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age related sperm trait; Horseshoe crab; Limulus polyphemus; Postcopulatory sexual selection; Senescence; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AGE; CRAB; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 84866941127     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.07.023     Document Type: Article

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