Evolution of novel signal traits in the absence of female preferences in Neoconocephalus katydids (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Bush, Sarah L ^a   Schul, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; SEXUAL SELECTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

NEOCONOCEPHALUS; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; ORTHOPTERA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957909968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012457     Document Type: Article

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