Evidence for sex-specific selection in brain: A case study of the nine-spined stickleback

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1604-1612

  Herczeg, G ^a,b   Valimaki K ^b,c   Gonda, A ^b   Merila J ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Brain; Food; Plasticity; Predation; Pungitius; Sexual dimorphism; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; MATE CHOICE; PREDATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELECTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

BULBUS; EPICOCCUM; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; NESTING; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ORGAN SIZE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84904429004     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12409     Document Type: Article

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