Sexually selected females in the monogamous Western Australian seahorse

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1609, 2007, Pages 521-525

  Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^a,d   Moore, Glenn I ^b,e   Jones, Adam G ^c,f  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female biased adult sex ratio; Genetic monogamy; Opportunity for sexual selection; Sex role reversal; Sexual selection differential and gradient; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MONOGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FISH; HIPPOCAMPUS SUBELONGATUS; MALE; MATING; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

HIPPOCAMPUS SUBELONGATUS; SYNGNATHIDAE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEX RATIO; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 34249936661     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3753     Document Type: Article

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