Fitness consequences of artificial selection on relative male genital size

Within species, there tends to be a tight relationship between genital size and body size, suggesting strong stabilizing selection. Here, Booksmythe et al.artificially select relative genital size in mosquitofish and find that novel genital size-body size combinations do not lead to expected fitness...

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Main Authors: Isobel Booksmythe, Megan L. Head, J. Scott Keogh, Michael D. Jennions
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e807f102138a4098b2b57aa4e4f6aee0
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