Male reproductive senescence causes potential for sexual conflict over mating

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1192-1196

  Dean, Rebecca ^a   Cornwallis, Charlie K ^a   Løvlie, Hanne ^a,b   Worley, Kirsty ^a,c   Richardson, David S ^c   Pizzari, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EVO ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONFLICT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77955416026     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.04.059     Document Type: Article

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