Morphology-function relationships and repeatability in the sperm of Passer sparrows

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 370-377

  Cramer, Emily R A ^a   Laskemoen, Terje ^a   Stensrud, Even ^a   Rowe, Melissah ^a   Haas, Fredrik ^a,b   Lifjeld, Jan T ^a   Sætre, Glenn Peter ^a   Johnsen, Arild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Form function relationships; Sperm morphology; Sperm velocity

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPARROW; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SPARROWS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84925115526     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20346     Document Type: Article

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