A phylogenetic test of the size-advantage model: Evolutionary changes in mating behavior influence the loss of sex change in a fish lineage

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Erisman, Brad E ^a   Craig, Matthew T ^b   Hastings, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating systems; Reproductive evolution; Sex change; Size advantage model; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GROUP SIZE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MODEL TEST; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX REVERSAL; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FISH; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FISHES; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 70149117990     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/603611     Document Type: Article

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