A cost of sexual attractiveness to high-fitness females

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Long, Tristan A F ^a,b   Pischedda, Alison ^a   Stewart, Andrew D ^a   Rice, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 73949126134     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000254     Document Type: Article

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