Postcopulatory sexual selection favours intrinsically good sperm competitors

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1167-1173

  Evans, Jonathan P ^a   Rutstein, Alison N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Good sperm; Poecilia reticulata; Repeatability; Sexual ornaments; Sexy sperm; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FECUNDITY; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; ORNAMENTATION; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 42449107714     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0545-0     Document Type: Article

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