'Good-genes' and 'compatible-genes' effects in an Alpine whitefish and the information content of breeding tubercles over the course of the spawning season

Genetica

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-30

  Wedekind, Claus ^a,b   Evanno, Guillaume ^a   Urbach, Davnah ^a   Jacob, Alain ^a   Müller, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breeding tubercles; Contact organ; Embryo viability; Good genes sexual selection; Perl organ; Salmonids; Secondary sexual characters; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COPULATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SALMONID; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; COPULATION; FEMALE; GENES; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SALMONIDAE; SEASONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

COREGONUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 48149093159     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-008-9251-0     Document Type: Article

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