Mating-induced reduction in accessory reproductive organ size in the stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Rogers, David W ^a   Chapman, Tracey ^a   Fowler, Kevin ^a   Pomiankowski, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYRTODIOPSIS DALMANNI; DIOPSIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23244442281     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-5-37     Document Type: Article

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