Sperm transfer through forced matings and its evolutionary implications in natural guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 605-612

  Evans, Jonathan P ^a   Pilastro, Andrea ^a   Ramnarine, Indar W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Forced copulation; Guppies; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EVOLUTION; FISH; MATING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0037394541     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0024-4066.2002.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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