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sperm storage

Scope: population ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (11 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on sperm storage with 11 nodes and 24 connections. Top connected: lifetime reproductive success, fitness consequences, maternal care, Burying beetle habitat reproduction experiment (Silphidae), pitfall trapping (Silphidae).

Definition

Retention of viable sperm in female spermatheca after mating for extended periods allowing delayed fertilization

Related Terms (1)

sperm retention

Publications (1)

student_paper

Sperm retention in female Nicrophorus investigator

2009central

Related Concepts (5)

lifetime reproductive success

metric1 shared paper

fitness consequences

theory1 shared paper

maternal care

process1 shared paper

parental desertion model

theory1 shared paper

spermatheca

measurement1 shared paper