Postcopulatory inbreeding avoidance by female crickets only revealed by molecular markers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3817-3824

  Simmons, Leigh W ^a   Beveridge, Maxine ^a   Wedell, Nina ^b   Tregenza, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Genetic incompatibility; Inbreeding avoidance; Polyandry; Teleogryllus oceanicus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; HAPLOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GRYLLIDAE; HAPLOTYPES; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

GRYLLIDAE; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 33749834649     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03035.x     Document Type: Article

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