Consequences of Multiple Paternity for Female Fitness in an Ontario Population of Northern Map Turtles, 'Graptemys geographica'
Although sexual stereotypes paint males as being promiscuous and females as being choosy in order to increase their reproductive success, multiple mating by females is widespread and females of many taxa often produce progeny sired by multiple males – but why? In species in which there are no direct...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/22881 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5806 |