Intra-specific variance in sperm morphometry: A comparison between wild and domesticated Zebra Finches Taeniopygia guttata

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 480-487

  Immler, Simone ^a,d   Griffth, Simon C ^b   Zann, Richard ^c   Birkhead, Tim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Domestication; Post copulatory sexual selection; Sperm design; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; DOMESTICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INBREEDING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOMETRY; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; IBIS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84868619306     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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