Polyandry Prevents Extinction

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 471-475

  Price, Tom A R ^a   Hurst, Greg D D ^b   Wedell, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA;

EID: 77649144173     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.01.050     Document Type: Article

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