A test for the parallel co-evolution of male colour and female preference in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-90

  Schwartz, Amy K ^a   Hendry, Andrew P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Divergent selection; Ecological speciation; Guppy; Mate choice; Predation; Preference function; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 33846798211     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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