Relationships between sperm length and speed differ among three internally and three externally fertilizing species

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-104

  Simpson, Julia L ^a   Humphries, Stuart ^a   Evans, Jonathan P ^b   Simmons, Leigh W ^b   Fitzpatrick, John L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Sperm competition; Sperm length components

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CRYPSIS; EGG; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); SPERM COMPETITION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM LENGTH COMPONENTS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM LENGTH COMPONENTS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84890878560     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12199     Document Type: Article

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