Larger swordtail females prefer asymmetrical males

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-11

  Morris, Molly R ^a   Rios Cardenas, Oscar ^a   Tudor, M Scarlett ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Variation in female preference; Vertical bars; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

BODY SIZE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FISH; MATE CHOICE; SYMMETRY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS CORTEZI; XIPHOPHORUS MALINCHE;

EID: 33644916098     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0387     Document Type: Article

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