Darwinian balancing selection: Predation counters sexual selection in a wild insect

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 419-430

  Ercit, Kyla ^a   Gwynne, Darryl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isodontia mexicana; Oecanthus nigricornis; Selection analysis; Sexual dimorphism; Viability costs

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; INSECT; MATING SUCCESS; PREDATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISODONTIA MEXICANA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; OECANTHUS; OECANTHUS NIGRICORNIS; ORTHOPTERA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WASPS;

EID: 84922676804     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12579     Document Type: Article

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