Long-term paternity skew and the opportunity for selection in a mammal with reversed sexual size dimorphism

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3035-3043

  Rossiter, Stephen J ^a,b   Ransome, Roger D ^a   Faulkes, Christopher G ^b   Dawson, Deborah A ^c   Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bats; Mammals; Paternity; Reproductive skew; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; FATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM;

EID: 33747067648     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02987.x     Document Type: Article

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