Quantitative genetic insights into the coevolutionary dynamics of male and female genitalia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1763, 2013, Pages

  Evans, Jonathan P ^a   van Lieshout, Emile ^a   Gasparini, Clelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Genital evolution; Heritability; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; TELEOST;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

ANIMAL; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; POECILIA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84892417833     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0749     Document Type: Article

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