Inbreeding depression in the competitive fertilization success of male crickets

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 415-421

  Simmons, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dominance; Epistasis; Genetic variance; Inbreeding; Sperm competition; Teleogryllus

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CRICKET; DOMINANCE; EPISTASIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GRYLLIDAE; INBREEDING; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

GRYLLIDAE; TELEOGRYLLUS; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 78651422711     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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