Sexual conflict and the function of genitalic claws in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Kwan, Lucia ^a   Cheng, Yun Yun ^a   Rodd, F Helen ^a   Rowe, Locke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gonopodia; Poeciliidae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM;

POECILIA RETICULATA; POECILIIDAE;

ANIMAL; CONFLICT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84882798351     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0267     Document Type: Article

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