Cargando…

Mate choice promotes inbreeding avoidance in the two-spotted spider mite

Since inbreeding in Tetranychus urticae can reduce offspring fitness, sexual selection may favour disassortative mate choice with respect to relatedness of the mating partners. We tested whether T. urticae shows this preference for mating with unrelated partners. We chose an experimental set-up with...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tien, N. S. H., Massourakis, G., Sabelis, M. W., Egas, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3084432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21400191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-011-9431-y