Sperm Storage and Sperm Competition Across Ovarian Cycles in the Dragon Lizard, Ctenophorus fordi

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 319, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 404-408

  Uller, Tobias ^a,b   Schwartz, Tonia ^b,c   Koglin, Troy ^b   Olsson, Mats ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LIZARDS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SPERMATOZOA;

CTENOPHORUS FORDI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84880289169     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1803     Document Type: Article

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