Can ancient colour polymorphisms explain why some cichlid lineages speciate rapidly under disruptive sexual selection?

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-60

  Seehausen, Ole ^a   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a   Witte, Frans ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0032800730     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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