Genetic variance of sexually selected traits in waxmoths: Maintenance by genotype x environment interaction

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 953-967

  Jia, Feng You ^a,b   Greenfield, Michael D ^a   Collins, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Cross environment genetic correlation; Environmental heterogeneity; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norm; Sexual selection; Ultrasonic signaling

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

ACHROIA; ACHROIA GRISELLA; ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0033924780     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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