Heritability of body mass, a sexually selected trait, in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix).
In the moth Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), females mate preferentially with larger males. Large body mass is advantageous to both sexes: large males sire more young than small males, and large females have higher fecundity than small females. Here we report that body mass is heritable...
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1999
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