The immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: Testing the genetic predictions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1437, 1999, Pages 2515-2522

  Kurtz, Joachim ^a,b   Sauer, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Good genes; Immunocompetence; Panorpa; Scorpionfly; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; FLY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; SEX ROLE;

EID: 0033596272     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0954     Document Type: Article

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