Context-dependent genetic benefits of polyandry in a marine hermaphrodite

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 685-688

  Marshall, Dustin J ^a   Evans, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compatible genes; Cross classified; Multiple mating; North carolina II; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; PYURA STOLONIFERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; FERTILIZATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 38449096900     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0438     Document Type: Article

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