Natural selection and the sex ratio: Fisher's sources

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 564-569

  Edwards, A W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Darwin; Fisher; Natural selection; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0031801632     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286141     Document Type: Article

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