Multiple paternity in different populations of the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna

Animal Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-262

  Girndt, Antje ^a,b   Riesch, Rüdiger ^b,c   Schröder, Christiane ^a   Schlupp, Ingo ^b   Plath, Martin ^d   Tiedemann, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

mate choice; multiple paternity; Poeciliidae; Promiscuity; sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BROOD SIZE; GENETIC MARKER; MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; PROBABILITY; SPERM COMPETITION; TELEOST;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872446205     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075611X618192     Document Type: Article

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