Reduced genetic variance among high fitness individuals: Inferring stabilizing selection on male sexual displays in drosophila serrata

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3101-3110

  Sztepanacz, Jacqueline L ^a   Rundle, Howard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Evolutionary limit; Fitness optimum; Opposing selection; Pleiotropy; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CUTICLE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROCARBON; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DROSOPHILA SERRATA;

EID: 85027926868     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01658.x     Document Type: Article

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