Sexual selection and the random union of gametes: Testing for a correlation in fitness between mates in drosophila melanogaster

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 613-622

  Sharp, Nathaniel P ^a   Agrawal, Aneil F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Condition; Drosophila melanogaster; Fitness; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSORTATIVE MATING; FITNESS; FLY; GAMETE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; LARVA; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 72449121959     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605960     Document Type: Article

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