Genetic constraints and the evolution of display trait sexual dimorphism by natural and sexual selection

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-34

  Chenoweth, Stephen F ^a   Rundle, Howard D ^a,b   Blows, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Drosophila serrata; Experimental evolution; Intralocus sexual conflict; Sex linkage; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; GENOME; LABORATORY METHOD; NATURAL SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

DROSOPHILA SERRATA;

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 38349192608     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523946     Document Type: Article

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