Post-Meiotic Intra-Testicular Sperm Senescence in a Wild Vertebrate

Attila Hettyey; Balázs Vági; Dustin J. Penn; Herbert Hoi; Richard H. Wagner

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050820

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Post-Meiotic Intra-Testicular Sperm Senescence in a Wild Vertebrate

Attila Hettyey ,

* E-mail: hettyey.attila@agrar.mta.hu

Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Group, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Balázs Vági,

Affiliations Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Group, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Dustin J. Penn,

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Herbert Hoi,

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Richard H. Wagner

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Post-Meiotic Intra-Testicular Sperm Senescence in a Wild Vertebrate

Attila Hettyey,
Balázs Vági,
Dustin J. Penn,
Herbert Hoi,
Richard H. Wagner

Published: December 3, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050820

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Publication: University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
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