Reproductive delays in mammals: An unexplored avenue for post-copulatory sexual selection

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 889-912

  Orr, Teri J ^a,c   Zuk, Marlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Chiroptera, cryptic female choice; Delayed fertilization; Delayed implantation; Embryonic diapause; Mammalia; Post copulatory sexual selection; Reproductive delays; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; CETARTIODACTYLA; CHIROPTERA; CINGULATA; DASYUROMORPHIA; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MAMMAL; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84925235008     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12085     Document Type: Article

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