Sex, war, and disease: the role of parasite infection on weapon development and mating success in a horned beetle (Gnatocerus cornutus).

Demuth, Jeffery P

Sex, war, and disease: the role of parasite infection on weapon development and mating success in a horned beetle (Gnatocerus cornutus). [electronic resource] - PloS one 2012 - e28690 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1932-6203

10.1371/journal.pone.0028690 doi


Animals
Biological Evolution
Coleoptera--parasitology
Competitive Behavior
Copulation
Horns
Hymenolepiasis--immunology
Hymenolepis diminuta--pathogenicity
Immunity, Cellular
Male
Mating Preference, Animal
Reproduction
Sexual Behavior, Animal