Sexual selection protects against extinction

Alyson J. Lumley, Łukasz Michalczyk, James J. N. Kitson, Lewis G. Spurgin, Catriona A. Morrison, Joanne L. Godwin, Matthew E. Dickinson, Oliver Y. Martin, Brent C. Emerson, Tracey Chapman and Matthew J. G. Gage ()
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Alyson J. Lumley: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Łukasz Michalczyk: Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University
James J. N. Kitson: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Lewis G. Spurgin: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Catriona A. Morrison: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Joanne L. Godwin: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Matthew E. Dickinson: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Oliver Y. Martin: ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology, D-USYS
Brent C. Emerson: Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC)
Tracey Chapman: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Matthew J. G. Gage: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia

Nature, 2015, vol. 522, issue 7557, 470-473

Abstract: Populations of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum with histories of strong versus weak sexual selection purge mutation load and resist extinction differently.

Date: 2015
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