Sexual Selection And The Evolution Of Complex Color Patterns In Dragon Lizards

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3605-3614

  Chen, I Ping ^a   Stuart Fox, Devi ^a   Hugall, Andrew F ^a   Symonds, Matthew R E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Color pattern complexity; Phylogenetic generalized least squares; Sexual dichromatism; Sexual dimorphism; Signal evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; LIZARD; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; HEAD; LIZARDS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AUSTRALIA;

AGAMIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84868155416     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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