Good genes and the maternal effects of polyandry on offspring reproductive success in the bulb mite

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1535, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Kozielska, Magdalena ^a   Krzemińska, Alina ^a   Radwan, Jacek ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Differential allocation; Mating systems; Parental investment; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; MATERNAL EFFECT; MITE; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MITE; NONHUMAN; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 9144231191     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2585     Document Type: Article

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