Do female spiders select heavier males for the genes for behavioral aggressiveness they offer their offspring?

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1367-1373

  Riechert, S E ^a   Johns, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Behavioral genetics; Good genes; Life histories; Male size; Sexual selection; Spiders

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

AGELENIDAE; AGELENOPSIS APERTA; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; SIGANUS;

EID: 0037626707     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00344.x     Document Type: Article

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