Mate choice in the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1217-1231

  Ptacek, Margaret B ^a,b   Travis, Joseph ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Female choice; Mate choice; Poecilia latipinna; Sailfin molly; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; MATE CHOICE; SAILFIN MOLLY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA LATIPINNA;

EID: 0030875325     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03969.x     Document Type: Article

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