Genetic benefits of a female mating preference in gray tree frogs are context-dependent

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 883-893

  Welch, Allison M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

"good genes"; Genotype by environment interaction; Hyla versicolor; Maternal half sibships; Metamorphosis; Sexual selection; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

FROG; GENOTYPE; MATE CHOICE; METAMORPHOSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; HYLIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0038733877     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00299.x     Document Type: Article

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