Large body size in the pygmy swordtail Xiphophorus pygmaeus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 383-395

  Morris, Molly R ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative behaviour; biogeography; courtship; P alleles; Poeciliidae; sexual selection; Xiphophorus multilineatus; Xiphophorus nigrensis

Indexed keywords

XIPHOPHORUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0029109867     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-4066(95)90017-9     Document Type: Article

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