On the adaptive value of some mate selection strategies

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-40

  Jaffe, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Evolution; Gamete selection; Mate selection; Ploidy; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MATE CHOICE;

EID: 0033046909     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002022126388     Document Type: Article

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