Postcopulatory inbreeding avoidance in guppies

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2585-2594

  Fitzpatrick, J L ^a,b   Evans, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Genetic compatibility; Relatedness; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; INBREEDING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POECILIA; QUEENSLAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84916229924     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12545     Document Type: Article

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