Costs and benefits of polyandry in a placental poeciliid fish Heterandria formosa are in accordance with the parent-offspring conflict theory of placentation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2600-2610

  Ala Honkola, O ^a   Friman, E ^a   Lindstrom K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fish; Heterandria formosa; Parent offspring conflict; Placenta; Poeciliidae; Polyandry; Viviparity; Viviparity driven conflict hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; INCOMPATIBILITY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; POLYANDRY; PREGNANCY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VIVIPARITY;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CROSS BREEDING; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIVIPARITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

HETERANDRIA FORMOSA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 81155130799     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02383.x     Document Type: Article

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