Triploid ZZZ Zebra Finches Taeniopygia guttata exhibit abnormal sperm heads and poor reproductive performance

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Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 472-477

  Girndt, Antje ^a   Knief, Ulrich ^a   Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertility; Sperm morphology; Taeniopygia guttata; Triploidy

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SONGBIRD; SPERMATOPHORE;

EID: 84896138364     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12135     Document Type: Article

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