Evolutionary Response to Sexual Selection in Male Genital Morphology

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1442-1446

  Simmons, Leigh W ^a   House, Clarissa M ^b   Hunt, John ^b   García González, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS;

EID: 69949160782     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.056     Document Type: Article

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