A molecular genetic examination of the mating system of pumpkinseed sunfish reveals high pay-offs for specialized sneakers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2310-2320

  Rios Cardenas, Oscar ^a,d   Webster, Michael S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alternative life histories; Alternative reproductive strategies; Equal average fitness; Genetic polymorphism; Lepomis; Sneakers

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PERCIFORMES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES;

EID: 42449146686     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03746.x     Document Type: Article

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