Evolution of sexual dimorphism in the lepidoptera

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2011, Pages 445-464

  Allen, Cerisse E ^a,b   Zwaan, Bas J ^b   Brakefield, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fecundity selection; life history evolution; natural selection; secondary sexual traits; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 78650886634     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120709-144828     Document Type: Article

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