Benefits of multiple mates in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1726-1730

  Tregenza, Tom ^a   Wedell, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Female choice; Genetic incompatibility; Good genes; Gryllus bimaculatus; Inbreeding; Polyandry; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; POLYANDRY;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0032424370     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02252.x     Document Type: Article

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