A general description of additive and nonadditive elements of sperm competitiveness and their relation to male fertilization success

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1396-1405

  Engqvist, Leif ^a,b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Female by male interaction; Interacting phenotypes; Male by male interaction; Multiple mating; Reproductive success; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MALE; MULTIPLE MATING; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84876880872     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12024     Document Type: Article

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