Polygynandry in Pseudotropheus zebra, a cichlid fish from Lake Malawi

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 345-352

  Parker, Alex ^a   Kornfield, Irv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Microsatellites; Paternity; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOTROPHEUS ZEBRA;

MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIPLE PATERNITY; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGYNANDRY;

AFRICA, LAKE MALAWI;

EID: 0030300976     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005049     Document Type: Article

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