Male genital size reflects a tradeoff between attracting mates and avoiding predators in two live-bearing fish species

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 7618-7623

  Langerhans, R Brian ^a   Layman, Craig A ^b   DeWitt, Thomas J ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness tradeoff; Genital evolution; Mate choice; Natural selection; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DNA MODIFICATION; FISH; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FOOD CHAIN; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWIMMING; TEXAS;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HUBBSI; PISCES;

EID: 19644371559     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0500935102     Document Type: Article

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