Intraspecific sexual selection on a speciation trait, male coloration, in the Lake Victoria cichlid Pundamilia nyererei

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1556, 2004, Pages 2445-2452

  Maan, Martine E ^a   Seehausen, Ole ^b,c,d   Söderberg, Linda ^e   Johnson, Lisa ^f   Ripmeester, Erwin A P ^a   Mrosso, Hillary D J ^a,g   Taylor, Martin I ^h   Van Dooren, Tom J M ^a   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cichlid fish; Colour evolution; Mate choice; Pundamilia nyererei; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COLOR; MALE; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LAKE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; TERRITORIALITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CICHLIDAE; PUNDAMILIA; PUNDAMILIA NYEREREI; VICTORIA;

FRESH WATER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 16644365961     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2911     Document Type: Article

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