The dynamics of sperm cooperation in a competitive environment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1790, 2014, Pages

  Fisher, Heidi S ^a   Giomi, Luca ^b,c   Hoekstra, Hopi E ^a   Mahadevan, L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective motion; Mathematical model; Sexual selection; Sperm aggregation; Sperm competition; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; GEOMETRY; LINEARITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; CELL AGGREGATION; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84904632586     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0296     Document Type: Article

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