Strong association between a single gene and fertilization efficiency of males and fecundity of their mates in the bulb mite

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1584, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Konior, Magdalena ^a,b   Radwan, Jacek ^a   Kołodziejczyk, Maria ^a   Keller, Laurent ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Enzyme polymorphism; Inter sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALLELE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECUNDITY; GENOTYPE; MITE; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; TRADE-OFF;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOGLYPHUS ROBINI; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ACARI; RHIZOGLYPHUS ROBINI;

EID: 34248646768     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3302     Document Type: Article

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