Live fast, die young: Trade-offs between fitness components and sexually antagonistic selection on weaponry in soay sheep

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2168-2181

  Robinson, Matthew R ^a   Pilkington, Jill G ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^b   Pemberton, Josephine M ^a   Kruuk, Loeske E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horns; Polymorphism; Sexual antagonism; Sexual selection; Trade off; Weapons

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BODY SIZE; FERAL ORGANISM; FITNESS; HORN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORN; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HORNS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33751329975     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/06-128.1     Document Type: Article

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