Correlated evolution of female neoteny and flightlessness with male spermatophore production in fireflies (coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1099-1113

  South, Adam ^a   Stanger Hall, Kathrin ^b   Jeng, Ming Luen ^c   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Flightlessness; Life history evolution; Male accessory glands; Neoteny; Seminal nuptial gifts; Sexual selection; Sexual signals

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; FECUNDITY; FLIGHTLESSNESS; FLY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUPTIAL GIFT; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLYING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGONIA;

COLEOPTERA; LAMPYRIDAE;

EID: 79953308267     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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