Sexual conflict and sperm competition

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Edward, Dominic A ^a   Stockley, Paula ^a   Hosken, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84926432142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a017707     Document Type: Article

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