Copulatory courtship signals male genetic quality in cucumber beetles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1510, 2003, Pages 77-82

  Tallamy, Douglas W ^a   Darlington, Mark Burton ^b   Pesek, John D ^a   Powell, Bradford E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Copulatory courtship; Female choice; Good genes; Sexual selection; Spotted cucumber beetle

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; ENDURANCE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HATCHING; HERITABILITY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA; DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA HOWARDI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 12244249839     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2198     Document Type: Article

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