Sexual selection and a secondary sexual character in two Drosophila species

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 759-766

  Markow, Therese Ann ^a   Bustoz, David ^c   Pitnick, Scott ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILIDAE;

BODY SIZE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0030251212     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0220     Document Type: Article

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