Dissecting the complex genetic basis of mate choice

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 681-692

  Chenoweth, Stephen F ^a   Blows, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

COVARIANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MATE CHOICE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33747502148     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1924     Document Type: Review

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