Reaction norm variants for male calling song in populations of Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): toward a resolution of the lek paradox.

doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00371.x

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Reaction norm variants for male calling song in populations of Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): toward a resolution of the lek paradox.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2008

Zhou Yihong, Kuster Heidi K, Pettis Jeffrey S, Danka Robert G, Gleason Jennifer M, Greenfield Michael D

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Significant additive genetic variance often occurs for male advertisement traits in spite of the directional selection imposed by female choice, a problem generally known in evolutionary biology as the lek paradox. One hypothesis, which has limited support from recent studies, for the resolution...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Environment
Gene Flow
Genotype
Louisiana
Male
Maryland
Mating Preference, Animal
Moths
Temperature
Vocalization, Animal

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PMID: 18346222
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00371.x

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