Choosing mates: Good genes versus genes that are a good fit

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 554-559

  Mays Jr , Herman L ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EID: 4544301045     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.07.018     Document Type: Review

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