Genetic conflicts, intrinsic male fertility, and ejaculate investment

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2685-2696

  Engqvist, Leif ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertility; Individual based simulations; Mother's curse; Segregation distortion; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EJACULATION; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EJACULATION; FERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84865798236     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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