A theory of mate choice based on heterozygosity

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-65

  Brown, Jerram L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

genetic quality; heterozygosity; mate choice; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

HETEROZYGOSITY; MATE CHOICE;

EID: 0030618901     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.60     Document Type: Article

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