Female crickets assess relatedness during mate guarding and bias storage of sperm towards unrelated males

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1261-1268

  Tuni, C ^a   Beveridge, M ^b   Simmons, L W ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive polymerase chain reaction; Cryptic female choice; Inbreeding avoidance; Sperm storage; Teleogryllus oceanicus

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INCOMPATIBILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

ENSIFERA (INSECTS); GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 84879202889     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12118     Document Type: Article

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