Female multiple mating as a genetic bet-hedging strategy when mate choice criteria are unreliable

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 605-616

  Yasui, Yukio ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Female multiple mating; Genetic bet hedging; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012845710     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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