Variation of female preference for male coloration in the eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Bisazza, Angelo ^a   Pilastro, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Female choice; Melanism; Ornaments; Poecilia reticulata; Poeciliids; Rare phenotype; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; FEMALE; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT; ITALY; MALE; MATING TYPE; MELANOSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; INSECTA; PISCES; POECILIA RETICULATA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 0033730150     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001914208075     Document Type: Article

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