Sexual Conflict: The Battle of the Sexes Reversed

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kokko, Hanna ^a,b   Jennions, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 38849176065     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.063     Document Type: Short Survey

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