Male and female secondary sexual traits show different patterns of quantitative genetic and environmental variation in the horned beetle Onthophagus sagittarius

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2397-2402

  Watson, N L ^a   Simmons, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Horns; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BROOD SIZE; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HORN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HORN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HORNS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUEENSLAND; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS; SAGITTARIUS;

EID: 77958533661     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02103.x     Document Type: Article

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