Innocenti, Paolo and Morrow, Edward H (2010) A joint index for the intensity of sex-specific selection. Evolution, 64 (9). pp. 2775-2778. ISSN 1558-5646

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

A growing body of experimental and field data shows that selective pressures often differ between males and females. Surprisingly,to date, little attempt has been made to formalize a metric expressing the relative behavior of directional selection in the two sexes. We propose an index that describes the extent to which concordant or antagonistic selection is operating between the sexes for a given trait. This joint index could prove especially useful for the study of intralocus sexual conflict and the evolution of sexual dimorphism, providing a common scale to directly compare different traits within or among taxonomic levels, and allowing an assessment on how common sexually antagonistic selection might be in extant populations.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Life Sciences > Evolution, Behaviour and Environment
Subjects:	Q Science
Depositing User:	Deeptima Massey
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2012 08:13
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2019 10:53
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/40930

📧 Request an update