Size-assortative mating and sexual size dimorphism are predictable from simple mechanics of mate-grasping behavior

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Han, Chang S ^a,b   Jablonski, Piotr G ^a,c   Kim, Beobkyun ^a   Park, Frank C ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BODY SIZE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIZE SELECTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; GERRIDAE; GERRIS GRACILICORNIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HETEROPTERA; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78349273906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-359     Document Type: Article

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