Sexual Selection: The Logical Imperative

History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-163

  Parker, Geoff A ^a   Pizzari, Tommaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Sex roles; Sexual conflict; Sperm competition; Yellow dung fly

Indexed keywords

EID: 85098080052     PISSN: 22111948     EISSN: 22111956     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9585-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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