Origin and maintenance of a female mating preference

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1244-1248

  Marler, Catherine A ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Gynogenesis; Mating preference; Poecilia formosa; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FEMALE PREFERENCE; MATING PREFERENCE; PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS; SEARCHING COST; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA FORMOSA; POECILIA LATIPINNA; POECILIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0030770122     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03971.x     Document Type: Article

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