Sex in an Evolutionary Perspective: Just Another Reaction Norm

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 234-246

  Ah King, Malin ^a,b   Nylin, Sören ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender bias; Phenotypic plasticity; Sex change; Sex determination; Sex role reversal; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649943165     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-010-9101-8     Document Type: Article

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