A measure of sexual selection in hermaphroditic animals: Parentage skew and the opportunity for selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 827-833

  Lorenzi, M C ^a   Sella, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conditional reciprocity; Monogamous populations; Promiscuous populations; Sex allocation; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HERMAPHRODITE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARENTAGE; POLYCHAETE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; OPHRYOTROCHA DIADEMA;

EID: 42049108853     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01513.x     Document Type: Article

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