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Multiple mating and reproductive skew in parental and introgressed females of the live-bearing fish Xiphophorus birchmanni.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Paczolt Kimberly A, Passow Courtney N, Delclos Pablo J, Kindsvater Holly K, Jones Adam G, Rosenthal Gil G
Abstract excerpt
Just as mating patterns can promote speciation or hybridization, the presence of hybridization can shape mating patterns within a population. In this study, we characterized patterns of multiple mating and reproductive skew in a naturally hybridizing swordtail fish species, Xiphophorus birchmanni. We quantified multiple mating using microsatellite markers to genotype embryos from 43 females collected from 2 wild...
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