Condition-dependence, pleiotropy and the handicap principle of sexual selection in melanin-based colouration

Biological Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 328-348

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Honest signalling; Melanin; Pleiotropy; Sexual selection; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MATE CHOICE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLEIOTROPY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84962132763     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12171     Document Type: Article

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