The effect of sexual selection on offspring fitness depends on the nature of genetic variation

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 204-208

  Long, Tristan A F ^a,b   Agrawal, Aneil F ^a   Rowe, Locke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84857029823     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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