Sexual conflict and the gender load: Correlated evolution between population fitness and sexual dimorphism in seed beetles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1686, 2010, Pages 1345-1352

  Arnqvist, Göran ^a   Tuda, Midori ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Genetic constraints; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CORRELATION; FITNESS; GENDER ISSUE; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SELECTION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77952269616     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2026     Document Type: Article

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