Evolution of genetic variation for condition-dependent traits in stalk-eyed flies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1429, 1999, Pages 1685-1690

  Wilkinson, Gerald S ^a   Taper, Mark ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Diopsidae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; EYE; FLY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THORAX;

DIOPSIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0033595330     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0832     Document Type: Article

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