The quantitative genetics of sex differences in parenting

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 18430-18435

  Walling, Craig A ^a,b   Stamper, Clare E ^a   Smiseth, Per T ^b   Moore, Allen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Genetic architecture; Lines of least evolutionary resistance; Parental care; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; MALE; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PARENTING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 57449106495     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803146105     Document Type: Article

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