Inbreeding in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.): Effects on testis and sperm traits

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 510-520

  Mehlis, Marion ^a   Frommen, Joachim G ^a,b   Rahn, Anna K ^a   Bakker, Theo C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fish; Heterozygosity; Reproduction; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Testicular melanization

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FITNESS; HATCHING; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELANIN; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; TELEOST; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84867675397     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01950.x     Document Type: Article

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