Causality and sex roles: Prejudice against patterns? A reply to Ah-King

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-4

  Kokko, Hanna ^a   Booksmythe, Isobel ^a   Jennions, Michael D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; LETTER; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84871692540     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.08.008     Document Type: Letter

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