Patterns of genetic variation and covariation in ejaculate traits reveal potential evolutionary constraints in guppies

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 869-875

  Evans, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

cryptic female choice; genetic constraints; heritability; postcopulatory sexual selection; trade off; Y linkage

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; CYPRINID; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELECTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; GENES, Y-LINKED; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POECILIA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MIDPIECE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 79955106512     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.130     Document Type: Article

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