Fluctuating asymmetry, body size and sexual selection in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea - Testing the good genes assumptions and predictions

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 735-753

  Blanckenhorn, W U ^a   Reusch, T ^a   Muhlhauser C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Developmental stability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Good genes; Heritability; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FITNESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE; SEPSIS CYNIPSEA;

EID: 0031773671     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000360050116     Document Type: Article

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