Promiscuous females avoid inbreeding by controlling sperm storage

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3340-3345

  Bretman, Amanda ^a   Newcombe, Devi ^a   Tregenza, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive microsatellite PCR; Cryptic female choice; Genetic incompatibility; Inbreeding avoidance; Polyandry; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

GRYLLINAE;

EID: 68349146463     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04301.x     Document Type: Article

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