Can older males deliver the good genes?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 308-313

  Brooks, Robert ^a   Kemp, Darrell J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; EVOLUTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AGE; ARTICLE; FITNESS; GENETIC SELECTION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THEORY;

EID: 0035358553     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02147-4     Document Type: Review

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