Does genetic relatedness of mates influence competitive fertilization success in guppies?

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2929-2935

  Evans, Jonathan P ^a   Brooks, Robert C ^b   Zajitschek, Susanne R K ^b   Griffith, Simon C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Genetic compatibility; Genetic similarity; Inbreeding avoidance; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MATE CHOICE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS BREEDING; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECISION MAKING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; POECILIA; SPERMATOZOA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 54849412304     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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