Female preference for male lateral projection area in the shortfin molly, Poecilia mexicana: Evidence for a pre-existing bias in sexual selection

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 678-690

  David MacLaren, R ^a   Rowland, William J ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA LATIPINNA; POECILIA MEXICANA;

EID: 33745102769     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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