Implications of multiple mating for offspring relatedness and shoaling behaviour in juvenile guppies

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 623-626

  Evans, Jonathan P ^a   Kelley, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Good genes; Kin selection; Kinship; Schooling; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; JUVENILE; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GUPPY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 58149267855     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0423     Document Type: Article

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