Sex, death and genetic variation: Natural and sexual selection on cricket song

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1420, 1999, Pages 707-709

  Gray, David A ^a   Cade, William H ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female preference; Fisher's fundamental theorem; Genetic variation; Parasitoid; Phonotaxis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT; MATING BEHAVIOR; SONG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS INTEGER; INSECTA; MARTES PENNANTI; ORMIA; ORMIA OCHRACEA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0033531757     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0693     Document Type: Article

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