Mate choice for genetic compatibility in the house mouse

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1231-1247

  Lindholm, Anna K ^a   Musolf, Kerstin ^a,b   Weidt, Andrea ^a   König, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Meiotic drive; Segregation distortion; Selection arena hypothesis; Sexual selection; Sperm selection; t complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879470307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.534     Document Type: Article

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