Sexual selection on morphological and physiological traits and fluctuating asymmetry in the black scavenger fly Sepsis cynipsea

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 629-641

  Blanckenhorn, W U ^a   Kraushaar, U R S ^a   Teuschl, Y ^a   Reim, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Developmental stability; Energy reserves; Genitals; Insect; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FLY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DIPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; INSECTA; SEPSIDAE; SEPSIS CYNIPSEA;

EID: 2342524726     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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