Quantitative genetics of the trade-off between fecundity and wing dimorphism in the cricket Allonemobius socius

Heredity

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 178-185

  Roff, Derek A ^a   Bradford, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Phenotypic correlation; Trade offs; Wing dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLONEMOBIUS SOCIUS; GRYLLUS FIRMUS; ORTHOPTERA;

CRICKET; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; TRADE-OFF; WING DIMORPHISM;

EID: 0029666896     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.25     Document Type: Article

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