Why do females have so few extra-pair offspring?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 513-523

  Hasson, Oren ^a   Stone, Lewi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compatible genes; Costs; EPC; Extra pair copulations; Female strategies; Good genes; Mathematical model; Old males; Sperm bias

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GENOTYPE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPERM COMPETITION;

EID: 79951557381     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1104-z     Document Type: Article

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