The evolution of sexually selected traits in male swordtail fishes (Xiphophorus: Poeciliidae)

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-337

  Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character coding; Comparative method; Pre existing bias hypothesis; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MALE ORNAMENT; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SWORDTAIL FISH;

PISCES; POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 0030752831     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.161     Document Type: Article

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