Sexual selection, receiver biases, and the evolution of sex differences

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5385, 1998, Pages 1999-2003

  Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; MATING; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032566730     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5385.1999     Document Type: Review

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