Female choice linked to male dorsal fin height in a shortfin molly

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-304

  Jordan, Rebecca ^a,b   Howe, David ^b   Knight, Tyson ^a   Gould, James ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female choice; Latent preference; Mollies; Poecilia; Pre existing bias

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA;

EID: 33745949382     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-006-0196-4     Document Type: Article

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