Sexual conflict and environmental change: trade-offs within and between the sexes during the evolution of desiccation resistance

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-394

  Kwan, Lucia ^a,b   Bedhomme, Stéphanie ^a,c   Prasad, N G ^a,d   Chippindale, Adam K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

Desiccation resistance; Drosophila melanogaster; Environmental variation; Experimental evolution; Intersexual genetic correlation; Intralocus sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DESICCATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DESICCATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 58549099512     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 00221333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-008-0061-z     Document Type: Article

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