The more the better - Polyandry and genetic similarity are positively linked to reproductive success in a natural population of terrestrial salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 239-250

  Caspers, Barbara A ^a   Krause, E Tobias ^a   Hendrix, Ralf ^a,b   Kopp, Michael ^c   Rupp, Oliver ^a   Rosentreter, Katrin ^a   Steinfartz, Sebastian ^a,d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

female choice; heterozygosity; mating strategies; sperm competition; sperm staggering; spermatheca

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; GERMANY; HETEROZYGOSITY; LARVA; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING STRATEGIES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SALAMANDRA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM STAGGERING; SPERMATHECA; SPERMATOZOON;

FEMALE CHOICE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MATING STRATEGIES; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM STAGGERING; SPERMATHECA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC FITNESS; GERMANY; LARVA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SALAMANDRA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84891560416     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12577     Document Type: Article

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