The role of model female quality in the mate choice copying behaviour of sailfin mollies

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-205

  Hill, Sarah E ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Mate choice copying; Non independent mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FISH BIOLOGY; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FISH; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POECILIA LATIPINNA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

POECILIA LATIPINNA;

EID: 33745311070     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0423     Document Type: Article

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