Alternative life histories in the Atlantic salmon: Genetic covariances within the sneaker sexual tactic in males

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1715, 2011, Pages 2150-2158

  Páez, David James ^a   Bernatchez, Louis ^a   Dodson, Julian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative sexual tactics; G matrix; Heritability; Salmon

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; SALMO SALAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79959261469     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2045     Document Type: Article

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