Sexual Selection: The Weevils of Inbreeding

Date

2010

Authors

Booksmythe, Isobel
Kokko, Hanna
Jennions, Michael

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Cell Press

Abstract

A recent study has used inbreeding depression to gain insight into the maintenance of additive genetic variation in populations, with intriguing implications for good genes models of sexual selection.

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Keywords: animal; article; female; gene; genetic selection; genetics; histology; inbreeding; male; mate choice; mutation; physiology; weevil; Animals; Female; Genes, Insect; Inbreeding; Male; Mating Preference, Animal; Mutation; Selection, Genetic; Weevils; Curculi

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Current Biology

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Journal article

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