Evolution of sperm size in nematodes: sperm competition favours larger sperm.

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on February 07, 1999

Authors

C W LaMunyon1, S Ward

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA. cwl@u.arizona.edu

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