Carotenoid scarcity, synthetic pteridine pigments and the evolution of sexual coloration in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1473, 2001, Pages 1245-1253

  Grether, G F ^a   Hudon, J ^a   Endler, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid availability; Coloration; Condition dependent indicators; Poecilia reticulata; Pteridine pigments; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PIGMENT; PTERIDINE;

CAROTENOID; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FISH; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SYNTHESIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HEXAPODA; PISCES; POECILIA RETICULATA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035933321     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1624     Document Type: Article

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