Polyandry in the wild: Temporal changes in female mating frequency and sperm competition intensity in natural populations of the tettigoniid Requena verticalis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4613-4623

  Simmons, Leigh W ^a   Beveridge, Maxine ^a   Kennington, W Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushcrickets; Field estimates; Mating frequency; Microsatellites; Parentage

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALE; ORTHOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; ORTHOPTERA; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

REQUENA VERTICALIS; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 35448958531     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03528.x     Document Type: Article

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