Variation among populations of the sailfin molly in the rate of concurrent multiple paternity and its implications for mating-system evolution

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 297-305

  Trexler, Joel C ^a   Travis, Joseph ^b   Dinep, Andrea ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Fertility; Mating system; Multiple paternity; Poecilia latipinna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030992894     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050345     Document Type: Article

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