Polyandry and paternity skew in natural and experimental populations of Drosophila serrata

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1589-1596

  Frentiu, Francesca D ^a   Chenoweth, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Multiple paternity; Paternity skew; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

DROSOPHILA SERRATA;

EID: 40449118425     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03693.x     Document Type: Article

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