The Quantitative Genetics of Good Genes: Fitness, Male Display, and Female Preference

The ultimate goal of my thesis is to develop a better understanding of the contribution of indirect benefits (i.e. good genes) to the evolution of female mate preferences. It is genetic variance in, and genetic correlations (covariances) among, male sexual displays, female preferences for them, and...

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Main Author: Delcourt, Matthieu
Other Authors: Rundle, Howard D.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20311
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4896