Sexual conflict and antagonistic coevolution across water strider populations

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 544-557

  Perry, Jennifer C ^a,b   Rowe, Locke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gerris incognitus; Intraspecific comparative study; Sexual size dimorphism; Sexually antagonistic coevolution; Sexually antagonistic trait; Water striders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTAGONISM; COEVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SELECTION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

GERRIDAE; GERRIS INCOGNITUS;

EID: 84856259792     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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