Implications of sex-specific selection for the genetic basis of disease

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1208-1217

  Morrow, Edward H ^a   Connallon, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Contemporary evolution; Ecological genetics; Evolutionary medicine; Evolutionary theory; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889653848     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12097     Document Type: Article

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