The evolutionary outcome of sexual conflict

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1466, 2006, Pages 301-317

  Lessells, C M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Mating; Parental investment; Sexual conflict; Sexually antagonistic coevolution; Sexually antagonistic selection

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33646566482     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1795     Document Type: Conference Paper

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