Quantitative genetics of female choice in an ultrasonic pyralid moth, Achroia grisella: Variation and evolvability of preference along multiple dimensions of the male advertisement signal

Heredity

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-80

  Jang, Yikweon ^a,b   Greenfield, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Female preference; Indirect sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FEMALE CHOICE; GENETIC VARIANCE; HERITABILITY; MATING SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ULTRASONICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACHROIA; ACHROIA GRISELLA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0034025231     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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