Fecundity selection predicts Bergmann's rule in syngnathid fishes

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1263-1272

  Wilson, Anthony B ^a,b  

^a Genetics and Evolution   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic mating system; Life history optimization; Male pregnancy; Polygyny; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COLD; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHUS; SYNGNATHUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 61649098428     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04084.x     Document Type: Article

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