Rapid antagonistic coevolution between primary and secondary sexual characters in horned beetles

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2423-2428

  Parzer, Harald F ^a   Moczek, Armin P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedeagus; Horned beetle; Onthophagus; Resource allocation trade off; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BEETLE; COEVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HORN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; ORGAN SIZE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EVOLUTION; GENITALIA, MALE; HORNS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS;

EID: 51249085440     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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