Genital morphology linked to social status in the bank vole (Myodes glareolus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-105

  Lemaître, Jean François ^a,c   Ramm, Steven A ^b,c   Jennings, Nicola ^c   Stockley, Paula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Baculum; Genitalia; Penile spines; Sexual selection; Social dominance; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

BACULUM; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 84855192439     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1257-4     Document Type: Article

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