Does a negative genetic correlation between wing morph and early fecundity imply a functional constraint in Gryllus firmus?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-177

  Stirling, Gray ^a   Fairbairn, Daphne J ^b   Jensen, Shane ^a   Roff, Derek A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Correlated response; Flight capability; Insects; Life history trade off; Phenotypic costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001150114     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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