Intralocus sexual conflict over immune defense, gender load, and sex-specific signaling in a natural lizard population

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3124-3135

  Svensson, Erik I ^a   McAdam, Andrew G ^b   Sinervo, Barry ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal effect; Physiology; Pleiotropy; Polymorphism; Quantitative genetics; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; COLOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

SQUAMATA; UTA STANSBURIANA;

EID: 70450193833     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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