Monogamy and the battle of the sexes

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2009, Pages 361-378

  Hosken, D J ^a   Stockley, P ^b   Tregenza, T ^a   Wedell, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Sexual antagonism; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INSECT; MALE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 60549100952     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.54.110807.090608     Document Type: Article

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