Quantitative genetic evidence that males trade attractiveness for ejaculate quality in guppies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1697, 2010, Pages 3195-3201

  Evans, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Genetic constraints; Heritability; Postcopulatory sexual selection; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POLYANDRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SWIMMING; TRADE-OFF;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 77956904007     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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