Developmental perspective on the evolution of sexual ornaments

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 975-991

  Badyaev, Alexander V ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration; Modularity; Sexual displays; Sexual selection; Signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744229889     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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