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 Bilodeau, A.L., D.L. Felder, and J.E. Neigel (1999) Evidence for multiple paternity in the deep burrowing ghost shrimp, Callichirus islagrande. Program and Abstracts of the 1999 The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting.

 

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Reference ID 13598
Reference type conferencepaper
Authors Bilodeau, A.L.
Felder, D.L.
Neigel, J.E.
Publication Year (for display) 1999
Publication Year (for sorting) 1999
Title Evidence for multiple paternity in the deep burrowing ghost shrimp,_ Callichirus islagrande_
Secondary Title Program and Abstracts of the 1999 The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting
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The battle for control of paternity of offspring has resulted in the evolution of female mate choice as well as elaborate paternity assurance mechanisms in males among diverse organisms.However, the effectiveness of these mechanisms remains relatively unexplored.We have examined the reproductive system of the fossorial ghost shrimp, Callichirus islagrande.With the use of highly polymorphic genetic markers, microsatellites, we determined that 18% of ovigerous females tested were brooding egg clutches that were sired by at least two males.With this evidence, we can infer that female C.islagrande may have the capability to store sperm and that males have not evolved effective paternity assurance mechanisms.
Keywords thalassinidea
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