Quantitative genetic models of sexual selection by male choice

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-181

  Nakahashi, Wataru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Position reversal between sexes; Runaway process; Sex role reversal; Sexual dimorphism; Shortage of available male partners; Variance in male quality

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATE CHOICE; ROLE REVERSAL; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 49749143336     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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