The heritability of multiple male mating in a promiscuous mammal

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 368-371

  McFarlane, S Eryn ^a   Lane, Jeffrey E ^b   Taylor, Ryan W ^c   Gorrell, Jamieson C ^d   Coltman, David W ^d   Humphries, Murray M ^e   Boutin, Stan ^d   McAdam, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Genetic variation; Heritability; Multiple mating; Polyandry; Promiscuity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; MAMMAL; MULTIPLE MATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; COPULATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SCIURIDAE; YUKON TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 79960262301     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1003     Document Type: Article

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