Sexual selection: A dynamic state of affairs. Response to the comments of Cornwallis and Uller in the article: Towards an evolutionary ecology of sexual traits

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 429-430

  Safran, Rebecca J ^a   Vitousek, Maren N ^a   Hauber, Mark E ^b   Ghalambor, Cameron K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; LETTER; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77954660744     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.04.004     Document Type: Letter

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