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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"genetic compatibility"”.
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After all, what do wasps want? The choice of sexual partner in the paper wasps Polistes
… This is particularly important when females are genetically monogamic and must store male sperm for a long time and when incestuous copulations may increase probability for the expression of recessive deleterious alleles. Social paper wasps like Polistes fit this situation, but surprisingly …
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Female Preference and Prezygotic Isolation In the Fundulus Notatus Species Complex
… environmental factors, evolutionary history, genetic compatibility, and behavior. These forces often operate nonlinearly across space and time, yet mate choice is frequently assessed under artificial conditions that may not reflect natural behavior. To address this limitation, female mate …
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Evolution of the pheromone communication system in the European Beewolf Philanthus triangulum F. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)
… as the more recent concepts of female choice for genetic compatibility and receiver bias models. The complementary choice scenario assumes that females choose mates with regard to genetic compatibility. The receiver bias concept views male traits and female preferences within the framework of …
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Introgression of genes from rape to wild turnip
… sympatry, synchronous flowering, chromosomal compatibility, successful pollination and development of the zygote, germination, establishment and reproduction of hybrid progeny. The goal of this thesis was to generate data on as many steps in this process as possible and integrate them into a …
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PATERNAL ATTRACTIVENESS AND PARENTAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES IN SONG SPARROWS MELOSPIZA MELODIA
… attractiveness (based on song complexity and genetic dissimilarity) affects female mating tactics, offspring sex allocation, offspring growth rates and parental feeding rates in a wild population of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia melodia). Male song complexity appeared to affect female …