Heritability of Body Condition in Dung Beetles

Body condition (offspring.condition) in 36 dung beetles (Onthophagus taurus) from 12 males each mated to 3 different virgin females.

Usage

DungBeetles

Format

A data frame with 36 observations on the following 2 variables.

id

a numeric vector

offspring.condition

a numeric vector

Source

inferred from Kotiaho, J.S., L.W. Simmons, and J.L. Tomkins. 2001. Towards a resolution of the lek paradox. Nature 410: 684-686.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dung_beetle

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v410/n6829/abs/410684a0.html