Strategic Adjustments In Sperm Production Within And Between Two Island Populations Of House Mice

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3061-3070

  Firman, Renée C ^a   Klemme, Ines ^b   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

House mice; Phenotypic plasticity; Polyandry; Sperm motility; Sperm production; Sperm velocity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIVERGENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RODENT; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HOUSE MICE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALE; MOUSE; ODOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYANDRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPERM VELOCITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HOUSE MICE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYANDRY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM PRODUCTION; SPERM VELOCITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISLANDS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICE; ODORS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84885044807     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12164     Document Type: Article

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