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Sexual selection in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus: no good genes?
Genetica - 1 Mar 2008
Rodríguez-Muñoz Rolando, Bretman Amanda, Hadfield Jarrod D, Tregenza Tom
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Recent studies have suggested that females of the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus exercise post-copulatory choice over the paternity of their offspring. There is evidence that these choices are made in relation to the genetic compatibility of mates rather than their absolute quality, but the magnitude of heritable differences in males has not been thoroughly examined. Using a half-sib breeding design we...
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