The study of intersexual selection using quantitative genetics

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1237-1265

  Bakker, Theo C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female preference; Genetic covariance; Genetic variance; Quantitative genetics; Sexual selection; Sexual traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033271184     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501748     Document Type: Article

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