Linear models for assessing mechanisms of sperm competition: The trouble with transformations

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 173-176

  Eggert, Anne Katrin ^a,b   Reinhardt, Klaus ^a,c   Sakaluk, Scott K ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crickets; Gryllodes sigillatus; Ideal lottery; Sperm competition; Sperm displacement; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS;

EID: 0037286643     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00227.x     Document Type: Article

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