Genes, copying, and female mate choice: Shifting thresholds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-327

  Dugatkin, Lee Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Guppies; Mate choice; Mate copying; Poecilia reticulata; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0031819554     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.4.323     Document Type: Article

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