Different sexual traits show covariation among genotypes: Implications for sexual selection

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-317

  Cooperman, Alison F ^a   Polak, Michal ^a   Evans, Christopher S ^b   Taylor, Phillip W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition; Courtship song; Drosophila bipectinata; Genetic quality; Secondary sexual traits; Sex comb

Indexed keywords

CONDITION FACTOR; COURTSHIP; FLY; GENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DROSOPHILA BIPECTINATA;

EID: 33847662493     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl085     Document Type: Article

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