Lifetime selection on adult body size and components of body size in a waterstrider: Opposing selection and maintenance of sexual size dimorphism

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 558-566

  Preziosi, Richard F ^a   Fairbairn, Daphne J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Episodes of selection; Lifetime fitness; Longevity; Natural selection; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INSECT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 0034018099     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00058.x     Document Type: Article

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