The contagion indicator hypothesis for parasite-mediated sexual selection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2229-2233

  Able, David J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

associatively transmittable parasite; direct benefits; female choice; mate choice; transmittability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029873876     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.5.2229     Document Type: Article

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