Should attractive males have more sons?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-80

  Fawcett, Tim W ^a   Kuijper, Bram ^a   Pen, Ido ^a   Weissing, Franz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Fisherian runaway; Good genes; Handicap principle; Individual based simulation; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Sexual selection; Trivers Willard hypothesis

Indexed keywords

GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MALE; MATE ATTRACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33845881422     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl052     Document Type: Article

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