The quantitative genetics of sexual selection in the dung fly sepsis cynipsea

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-341

  Mühlhäuser, Claudia ^a   Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Female choice; Female reluctance; Fisher's runaway; Genetic correlation; Good genes; Heritability; Insect; Mating behaviour; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144357979     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904322981888     Document Type: Article

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