Sympatric speciation by sexual selection alone is unlikely

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-237

  Arnegard, Matthew E ^a   Kondrashov, Alexey S ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African cichlids; Ecological selection; Mate preference; Modeling; Sympatric speciation

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; MATE CHOICE; MODELING; NATURAL SELECTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 1642326802     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01640.x     Document Type: Article

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