Mating system variability in a mouthbrooding cichlid fish from a tropical lake

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3508-3517

  Sefc, K M ^a   Hermann, C M ^a   Koblmuller S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Ctenochromis horei; Mate monopolization; Mating system; Multiple paternity; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CONGO; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; CONGO; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; CTENOCHROMIS HOREI;

EID: 68349139651     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04295.x     Document Type: Article

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