Quantitative measures of sexual selection reveal no evidence for sex-role reversal in a sea spider with prolonged paternal care

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1696, 2010, Pages 2951-2956

  Barreto, Felipe S ^a,b   Avise, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bateman gradient; Maternity analysis; Opportunity for selection; Paternity analysis; Pycnogonida

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; MATING SUCCESS; PATERNAL CARE; POLYGAMY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; PYCNOGONIDA; PYCNOGONUM STEARNSI;

EID: 77956937806     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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