Variation in the peacock's train shows a genetic component

Genetica

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Petrie, Marion ^a   Cotgreave, Peter ^b,d   Pike, Thomas W ^c,e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Campaign for Science and Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variation; Fitness related traits; Lek paradox; Narrow sense heritability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS BREEDING; FEATHER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GALLIFORMES; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GALLIFORMES; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

PAVO; PAVO CRISTATUS;

EID: 56849092546     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-007-9211-0     Document Type: Article

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