The effect of sexual selection on offspring fitness depends on the nature of genetic variation.

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  2012

• Venue

  Current Biology

• Publication date

  2012-02-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2011.12.020PMID 22226747
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