Sperm form and function in the absence of sperm competition

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 204-216

  Van der Horst, Gerhard ^a   Maree, Liana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; MATING; MONOGAMY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; VELOCITY;

PAN; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84895922059     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22277     Document Type: Article

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