Fluorescent sperm in a transparent worm: Validation of a GFP marker to study sexual selection

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Marie Orleach, Lucas ^a   Janicke, Tim ^a,b   Vizoso, Dita B ^a   Eichmann, Micha ^a   Schärer, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Fertilisation; Genetic engineering; Sperm competition; Sperm displacement; Sperm labelling; Sperm storage; Sperm tracking; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

MACROSTOMUM LIGNANO; PLATYHELMINTHES;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; COPULATION; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLATYHELMINTHS; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

COPULATION; CRYPSIS; FLATWORM; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEIN; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SPERM;

EID: 84903352884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-148     Document Type: Article

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