Natural selection and genital variation: A role for the environment, parasites and sperm ageing?

Genetica

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-127

  Reinhardt, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Morphological variation; Phenotypic variation; Pleiotropy; Polyandry; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 72249118843     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-009-9360-4     Document Type: Article

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