Sexual selection against deleterious mutations via variable male search success

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 795-797

  MacLellan, Kelsie ^a   Whitlock, Michael C ^b   Rundle, Howard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Mate search; Mutation load; Reproductive success; Scramble competition; Search effort

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FITNESS; FLY; MATE LOCATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 74549201590     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0475     Document Type: Article

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