The evolution of social signals: Morphological, functional, and genetic integration of the sex pheromone in Nauphoeta cinerea

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1920-1928

  Moore, Allen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Male male competition; Principal component analysis; Quantitative genetics; Sexual selection; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SEX PHEROMONE; SOCIAL SIGNAL;

BLABERIDAE; BLATTARIA; DICTYOPTERA; INSECTA; NAUPHOETA CINEREA;

EID: 0031425501     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb05114.x     Document Type: Article

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