Size, symmetry, and sexual selection in the housefly, Musca domestica

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 527-534

  Goulson, Dave ^a   Bristow, Lucy ^a   Elderfield, Emma ^a   Brinklow, Karen ^a   Parry Jones, Beca ^a   Chapman, Jason W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental stability; Directional asymmetry; Fluctuating asymmetry; Mate choice; Size; Weight

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BODY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 0033044386     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb03787.x     Document Type: Article

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