Successful fathers sire successful sons

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 620-625

  Wedell, Nina ^a,c   Tregenza, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Female choice; Gryllus bimaculatus; Heritability; Mating; Sexual selection; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0033004859     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb03797.x     Document Type: Article

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