Early maternal investment in mice: No evidence for compatible-genes sexual selection despite hybrid vigor

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 922-928

  Rulicke T ^a,b   Guncz, N ^a   Wedekind, C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bruce effect; Cryptic female choice; Heterosis; Induced pregnancy block; Infanticide hypothesis; Mice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; HETEROSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MATERNAL CARE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIRTH RATE; BREEDING; C57BL MOUSE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROSIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH RATE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HYBRID VIGOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

EID: 33646480086     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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