Developmental selection against developmentally unstable offspring and sexual selection

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 415-422

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DEVELOPMENT; GAMETE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031582199     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0332     Document Type: Article

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