Sexual selection for symmetrical male medflies (Diptera: Tephritidae) confirme in the field

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-355

  Hunt, M K ^a   Nicholls, C J ^a   Wood, R J ^a   Rendon, A P ^b   Gilburn, A S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b USDA PPQ   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Fluctuating asymmetry; Mediterranean fruit fly; SFO bristles

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FLY; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 1642283757     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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