On the adaptive function of gamete trading in the black hamlet Hypoplectrus nigricans

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1191-1199

  Landolfa, Michael A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Egg trading; Gamete trading; Good genes; Hermaphrodites; Sexual signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041346398     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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