Mate choice and the genetic basis for colour variation in a polymorphic dart frog: Inferences from a wild pedigree

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3879-3892

  Richards Zawacki, Corinne L ^a,b   Wang, Ian J ^c   Summers, Kyle ^d  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

heritability; mate choice; pedigree; polymorphism; sexual selection; speciation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANURA; DENDROBATES PUMILIO; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 84864279590     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05644.x     Document Type: Article

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