Metabolic Rate Limits the Effect of Sperm Competition on Mammalian Spermatogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  delBarco Trillo, Javier ^a   Tourmente, Maximiliano ^a   Roldan, Eduardo R S ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MASS SPECIFIC METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM CYCLE LENGTH; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84884396519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076510     Document Type: Article

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