Human-caused habitat fragmentation can drive rapid divergence of male genitalia

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1252-1267

  Heinen Kay, Justa L ^a   Noel, Holly G ^a   Layman, Craig A ^a   Langerhans, R Brian ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic environmental change; Genital evolution; Gonopodium; Human induced phenotypic change; Natural selection; Poeciliidae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914818051     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12223     Document Type: Article

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