Natural selection favours harmful male Drosophila melanogaster that reduce the survival of females

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 633-641

  Lew, Timothy A ^a   Rice, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter locus contest evolution; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sexually antagonistic co evolution

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 20444440325     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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