Looking for sexual selection in the female brain

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1600, 2012, Pages 2348-2356

  Cummings, Molly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural genomics; Mate choice; Mating systems; Swordtails; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAXONOMY;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS NIGRENSIS;

EID: 84863833770     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0105     Document Type: Review

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