Insemination efficiency of two alternative male mating tactics in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1431, 1999, Pages 1887-1891

  Pilastro, Andrea ^a   Bisazza, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative tactics; Guppy; Poecilia reticulata; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SNEAK COPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0033595542     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0862     Document Type: Article

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