A cancer-causing gene is positively correlated with male aggression in Xiphophorus cortezi

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 386-396

  Fernandez, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behaviour; Genetic linkage; Melanoma; Sexual selection; Xiphophorus; Xmrk

Indexed keywords

FISH PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; XMRK PROTEIN, XIPHOPHORUS;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; CANCER; CYPRINID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; ONCOGENE; PENETRANCE; PIGMENTATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FISH PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; MALE; ONCOGENES; PENETRANCE; PIGMENTATION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

PISCES; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS CORTEZI;

EID: 74349106917     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01914.x     Document Type: Article

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