Sexual selection on cuticular hydrocarbons in the Australian field cricket, <it>Teleogryllus oceanicus</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Females in a wide range of taxa have been shown to base their choice of mates on pheromone signals. However, little research has focussed specifically on the form and intensity of selection that mate choice imposes on the pheromone s...

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Main Authors: Simmons Leigh W, Thomas Melissa L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/162