The evolutionary ecology of testicular function: Size isn't everything

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 874-888

  Ramm, Steven A ^a   Schärer, Lukas ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Relative testis size; Sperm competition; Sperm morphology; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cells; Testicular architecture; Testis function

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TESTIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TESTIS;

EID: 84925273703     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12084     Document Type: Article

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