The quantitative genetic basis of polyandry in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia vitripennis

Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-73

  Shuker, D M ^a   Phillimore, A J ^a   Burton Chellew, M N ^a   Hodge, S E ^a   West, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Heritability; Hymenoptera; Polyandry; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; POLYANDRY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASPS;

HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

EID: 33846570308     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800897     Document Type: Article

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