Experimental evidence that high levels of inbreeding depress sperm competitiveness

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1338-1345

  Zajitschek, S R K ^a,b,e   Lindholm, A K ^c   Evans, J P ^d   Brooks, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b USR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e USR 2936   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Guppy; Inbreeding coefficient; Inbreeding depression; Paternity; Poecilia reticulata; Sperm competition; Sperm quantity

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC LOAD; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC LOAD; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; POECILIA; SPERMATOZOA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 66149127722     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01738.x     Document Type: Article

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