Sexual selection determines parental care patterns in cichlid fishes

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2015-2026

  Gonzalez Voyer, Alejandro ^a   Fitzpatrick, John L ^b   Kolm, Niclas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BayesTraits; Biparental care; Female investment; Parental investment; Phylogenetic contingency analysis; Sex roles

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CICHLID; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PARENT; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PARENTS; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47749133060     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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