Evolutionary quantitative genetics of sperm

Sperm Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 405-434

  Simmons, Leigh W ^a   Moore, Allen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-372568-4.00010-0     Document Type: Chapter

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