Genetic evidence for polygynandry in the black-striped pipefish syngnathus abaster: a microsatellite-based parentage analysis

Sexual selection theory predicts that, in organisms with reversed sex roles, more polyandrous species exhibit higher levels of sexual dimorphism. In the family Syngnathidae (pipefish, seahorses, and seadragons), males provide all parental care by carrying developing embryos on their ventral surfaces...

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Main Author: Huebner, Kerstin (author)
Other Authors: Gonzalez-Wanguemert, Mercedes (author), Diekmann, O. E. (author), Serrão, Ester (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8726
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/8726