Intergenerational effects of inbreeding in Nicrophorus vespilloides: Offspring suffer fitness costs when either they or their parents are inbred

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 843-853

  Mattey, S N ^a   Strutt, L ^a   Smiseth, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burying beetle; Hatching success; Inbreeding depression; Intergenerational effects; Offspring survival; Parental care

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HATCHING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INSECT; PARENTAL CARE; REDUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; INBREEDING; LARVA; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; INBREEDING; LARVA; MALE; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 84876100542     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12102     Document Type: Article

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