Sexual selection against hybrids between sympatric stickleback species: Evidence from a field experiment

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 874-879

  Vamosi, Steven M ^a   Schluter, Dolph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus; Hybrid fitness; Mating discrimination; Reproductive isolation; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

GENETIC SELECTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MATING SYSTEM;

FISH; HYBRID; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0032774012     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05381.x     Document Type: Article

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