Polyandry and the decrease of a selfish genetic element in a wild house mouse population

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2435-2447

  Manser, Andri ^a   Lindholm, Anna K ^a   König, Barbara ^a   Bagheri, Homayoun C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Generation time; Intragenomic conflict; Overdominance; t frequency paradox; t haplotype

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; GENERATION TIME; GENOMICS; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POLYANDRY; RODENT; SELF ORGANIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC FITNESS; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWITZERLAND; T-COMPLEX GENOME REGION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 80052264347     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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