Evolutionary genetics of genital size and lateral asymmetry in the earwig Euborellia plebeja (Dermaptera: Anisolabididae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-112

  Kamimura, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Iwase, Ryota ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Genetic assimilation; Genetic correlation; Genital evolution; Heritability; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ASYMMETRY; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HERITABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANISOLABIDIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; EUBORELLIA PLEBEJA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 77955975047     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01491.x     Document Type: Article

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