Mating system variation and morph fluctuations in a polymorphic lizard

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5307-5315

  Olsson, Mats ^a   Healey, Mo ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^b   Schwartz, Tonia ^a   Lebas, Natasha ^c   Uller, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lizard; Male polymorphism; Mating system; Reproductive success in the wild; Territoriality; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COLOR; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CTENOPHORUS PICTUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 37249080672     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03578.x     Document Type: Article

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