Female Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis holbrooki) Prefer Normally Pigmented Males to Melanistic Males

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-266

  Taylor, Stephen A ^a,b   Burt, Elaine ^a   Hammond, Greg ^a   Relyea, Kenneth ^a  

^a Armstrong State College

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001658938     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.3.260     Document Type: Article

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