Male killing can select for male mate choice: A novel solution to the paradox of the lek

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1446, 2000, Pages 867-874

  Randerson, James P ^a   Jiggins, Francis M ^b   Hurst, Laurence D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acraea encedon; Hypolimnas bolina; Lek; Male killer; Mate choice; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; LEK; MATE CHOICE;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACRAEA ENCEDON; HYPOLIMNAS BOLINA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 1442298082     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1083     Document Type: Article

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