Gamete evolution and sperm numbers: Sperm competition versus sperm limitation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1791, 2014, Pages

  Parker, Geoff A ^a   Lehtonen, Jussi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anisogamy evolution; Evolution of two sexes; Sperm competition; Sperm limitation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FERTILITY; GAMETE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 85003043157     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0836     Document Type: Article

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