Broad-sense sexual selection, sex gene pool evolution, and speciation

Genome

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1033-1041

  Civetta, A ^a   Singh, R S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sex related genes; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; MATING; MATING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0033500527     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g99-086     Document Type: Review

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