Red fish, blue fish: Trade-offs between pigmentation and immunity in Betta splendens

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1139-1145

  Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a   Ardia, Daniel R ^b   McGraw, Kevin J ^c  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Coloration; Immune response; Pteridines; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PIGMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; BETTA; BETTA SPLENDENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35848952286     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm090     Document Type: Article

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