JMATING: A software for the analysis of sexual selection and sexual isolation effects from mating frequency data

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Carvajal Rodriguez, Antonio ^a,b   Rolan Alvarez, Emilio ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; INDONESIA; MATING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; INTERNET; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; INTERNET; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745175913     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-40     Document Type: Article

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