Competitive PCR reveals the complexity of postcopulatory sexual selection in Teleogryllus commodus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 610-619

  Hall, Matthew D ^a,b   BussiÈre, Luc F ^c,d   Demont, Marco ^c   Ward, Paul I ^c   Brooks, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic choice; DNA quantification; Field cricket; Insemination success; Mate choice; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMATOZOA;

GRYLLINAE; TELEOGRYLLUS COMMODUS; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 74549145028     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04496.x     Document Type: Article

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