Genetic and nutritional effects on male traits and reproductive performance in Tribolium flour beetles

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 438-451

  Lewis, S M ^a   Tigreros, N ^a   Fedina, T ^b   Ming, Q L ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Genetic variation; Genotype environment interaction; Phenotypic plasticity; Post copulatory sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm precedence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; COPULATION; FACILITATION; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SELECTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON; TRIBOLIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TRIBOLIUM;

COLEOPTERA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 84857048511     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02408.x     Document Type: Article

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