Has inbreeding depression led to avoidance of sib mating in the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia)?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-120

  Haikola, Sari ^a,b   Singer, Michael C ^c,d   Pen, Ido ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inbreeding avoidance; Inbreeding depression; Mate choice; Melitaea cinxia; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MATE CHOICE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANCE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

FRITILLARIA (ANGIOSPERM); LEPIDOPTERA; MELITAEA; MELITAEA CINXIA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 1942521739     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EVEC.0000021062.97769.66     Document Type: Article

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