Genetic mating patterns studied in pools with manipulated nest site availability in two populations of Pomatoschistus minutus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1641-1650

  Singer, A ^a   Kvarnemo, C ^a,d   Lindstrom K ^b   Svensson, O ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Baltic Sea; Extra pair paternity; Nest availability; Piracy; Sand goby; Sneaking; Sperm competition; Strategies

Indexed keywords

DNA; EGG PARASITOID; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FISH; GENETICS; MATING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; PARASITE; PATERNAL CARE; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; NESTING; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 33747263300     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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