Sex-dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolution of sex ratio bias

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 616-626

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Altwegg, Res ^b,c   Jensen, Henrik ^d   Steinsland, Ingelin ^d   Schaub, Michael ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intralocus genetic conflict; Melanin based coloration; Sex ratio; Sexual selection; Sexually antagonistic selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954300641     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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