The role of sexual selection in maintaining a colour polymorphism in the pygmy swordtail, Xiphophorus pygmaeus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 735-743

  Kingston, Jennifer I ^a,c   Rosenthal, Gil G ^b   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FISH; GENETIC VARIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0242416557     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2110     Document Type: Article

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