Group composition affects male reproductive partitioning in a cooperatively breeding cichlid

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4359-4370

  Heg, Dik ^a   Jutzeler, Eva ^a   Bonfils, Danielle ^a   Mitchell, Jeremy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brood care; Cichlidae; Cooperative breeding; Helping behaviour; Maternity; Microsatellite DNA; Paternity; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CICHLID; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; CICHLIDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 52649160210     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03920.x     Document Type: Article

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