Reproductive success by large, closely related males facilitated by sperm storage in an aggregate breeding amphibian

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1564-1576

  Chandler, C H ^a,b   Zamudio, K R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive breeder; Mating system; Microsatellites; Paternity; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; LARVA; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; LARVA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; URODELA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 40449095642     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03614.x     Document Type: Article

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