Is UV ornamentation an amplifier in swordtails?

Zebrafish

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-100

  Cummings, Molly E ^a   García De León, Francisco J ^b   Mollaghan, Diane M ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS NIGRENSIS;

EID: 33645839321     PISSN: 15458547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2006.3.91     Document Type: Article

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