Sequential polyandry affords post-mating sexual selection in the mouths of cichlid females

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1219-1230

  Immler, Simone ^a,b   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; External fertilisation; Lake Tanganyika; Ophthalmotilapia ventralis; Polyandry; Sperm competition; Testis histology

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATERNAL CARE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; OPHTHALMOTILAPIA VENTRALIS;

EID: 67349161034     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0744-3     Document Type: Article

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