Genetic and environmental sources of covariance among internal reproductive traits in the yellow dung fly

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1477-1486

  Thuler K ^a   Bussiere L F ^a,b   Postma, E ^a   Ward, P I ^a   Blanckenhorn, W U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Co evolution; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Reproduction; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ARMS RACE; BODY SIZE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FLY; HERITABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

DIPTERA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 79959341911     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02280.x     Document Type: Article

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