Adaptation versus pleiotropy: Why do males harm their mates?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 802-806

  Morrow, Edward H ^a,c   Arnqvist, Göran ^a   Pitnick, Scott ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory gland substances; Callosobruchus maculatus; Drosophila melanogaster; Genitalia; Sexual conflict; Sperm competition; Terminal investment; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; PLEIOTROPY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION;

CALLOSOBRUCHUS; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0345151109     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg073     Document Type: Article

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