Experimental evidence that sexual conflict influences the opportunity, form and intensity of sexual selection

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2305-2315

  Hall, Matthew D ^a   Bussière, Luc F ^b,c   Hunt, John ^d   Brooks, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Fitness surface; Gryllidae; Postcopulatory choice; Selection analysis; Teleogryllus commodus

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICKET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGONIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

GRYLLIDAE; TELEOGRYLLUS COMMODUS; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 51249102638     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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