Attractive males have faster sperm in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus

Current Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 761-768

  Mehlis, Marion ^a   Hilke, Lukas K ^a,b   Bakker, Theo C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; CASA ImageJ; Mate choice; Oxidative stress; Reproductive success; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84887965125     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/59.6.761     Document Type: Article

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