The influence of natural selection and sexual selection on the tails of sea-snakes (laticauda colubrina)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 121-129

  Shine, Richard ^a   Shetty, Sohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth rates; Laticaudidae; Locomotor speed; Mating success; Sea kraits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

COLUBRINA; HYDROPHIINAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA COLUBRINA; LATICAUDIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0034814598     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2001.0560     Document Type: Article

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