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TESTS FOR SEXUAL INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN TWO NEWT SPECIES, TRITURUS VULGARIS AND TRITURUS MONTANDONI: NO-CHOICE MATING DESIGN
Pawel Michalak,
Jolanta Grzesik,
Jan Rafiński,
Pawel Michalak
Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060, Kraków, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorJolanta Grzesik
Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060, Kraków, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorJan Rafiński
Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060, Kraków, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorPawel Michalak,
Jolanta Grzesik,
Jan Rafiński,
Pawel Michalak
Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060, Kraków, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorJolanta Grzesik
Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060, Kraków, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorJan Rafiński
Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060, Kraków, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Editor: B. Sullivan
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