Lower fecundity in parthenogenetic geckos than sexual relatives in the Australian arid zone

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 609-618

  Kearney, M ^a,b   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fecundity; Lizard; Parthenogenesis; Reproduction; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FECUNDITY; LIZARD; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MITES; PARTHENOGENESIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; GEKKONIDAE; HETERONOTIA BINOEI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 18544383013     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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