Intra-sexual selection in Drosophila

1948/12/01 by A J Bateman, A. J. BATEMAN · 3,698 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Computer science #Drosophila (subgenus) #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Machine learning #Plant and animal studies #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Sexual selection

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/hdy.1948.21

published in Heredity 2(3), 349-368 (Springer Nature)

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