Postcopulatory selection for dissimilar gametes maintains heterozygosity in the endangered North Atlantic right whale

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3483-3494

  Frasier, T R ^a   Gillett, R M ^b   Hamilton, P K ^c   Brown, M W ^c   Kraus, S D ^c   White, B N ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c John H Prescott Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic incompatibility; Genetic variation; Mate choice; Mate incompatibility; Right whale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887661437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.738     Document Type: Article

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