Quantifying episodes of sexual selection: Insights from a transparent worm with fluorescent sperm

Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 314-328

  Marie Orleach, Lucas ^a,b   Janicke, Tim ^a,c   Vizoso, Dita B ^a   David, Patrice ^c   Schärer, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Opportunity for selection; Quantification of sexual selection; Selection gradients; Sperm competition; Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; FLATWORM; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

MACROSTOMUM LIGNANO; PLATYHELMINTHES;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; OPTICAL IMAGING; PLATYHELMINTHS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84958160488     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12861     Document Type: Article

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