Non-repeatable mate choice by male sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna, in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 871-878

  Gabor, Caitlin R ^a   Aspbury, Andrea S ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon molly; Gynogenetic; Live bearing fish; Poecilia formosa; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; CYPRINID; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERITABILITY; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; PERSISTENCE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA FORMOSA; POECILIA LATIPINNA;

EID: 47649103117     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn043     Document Type: Article

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