You can't always get what you want: Size assortative mating by mutual mate choice as a resolution of sexual conflict

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Baldauf, Sebastian A ^a   Kullmann, Harald ^a   Schroth, Stefanie H ^a   Thünken, Timo ^a   Bakker, Theo Cm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PELVICACHROMIS TAENIATUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY;

CICHLIDAE; PELVICACHROMIS TAENIATUS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL;

EID: 68149181775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-129     Document Type: Article

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