Mating density and the strength of sexual selection against deleterious alleles in Drosophila melanogaster

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 857-867

  Sharp, Nathaniel P ^a   Agrawal, Aneil F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deleterious alleles; Density; Drosophila melanogaster; Fecundity selection; Mutation load; Sexual selection; Viability selection

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FLY; JUVENILE; MUTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; VIABILITY;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC LOAD; MALE; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 41749083286     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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