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Density drives polyandry and relatedness influences paternal success in the Pacific gooseneck barnacle, Pollicipes elegans

BACKGROUND: Polyandry is a common mating strategy in animals, increasing female fitness through direct (material) and indirect (genetic) benefits. Most theories about the benefits of polyandry come from studies of terrestrial animals, which have relatively complex mating systems and behaviors; less...

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Autores principales: Plough, Louis V, Moran, Amy, Marko, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24739102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-81