"Nice guys finish last": Influence of mate choice on reproductive success in Long-Evans rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 868-876

  Winland, C ^a   Bolton, J L ^a   Ford, B ^a   Jampana, S ^a   Tinker, J ^a   Frohardt, R J ^b   Guarraci, F A ^a   Zewail Foote, M ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA microsatellite markers; Paced mating behavior; Reproductive success; Sperm competition; Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; PARTURITION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 82055191866     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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