Sexual Selection by Cryptic Female Choice and the Evolution of Primate Sexuality

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 195-199

  Dixson, Alan ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulatory behavior; Cryptic female choice; Female sexual skin; Male genitalia; Primates; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036965354     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10090     Document Type: Article

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