Frequency-Dependent Selection: When Being Different Makes You Not Stand out

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Nosil, Patrik ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COLOR; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLOR; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POECILIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 33748465582     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.038     Document Type: Short Survey

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