Evidence of disassortative mating in a Tanganyikan cichlid fish and its role in the maintenance of intrapopulation dimorphism

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-499

  Takahashi, Tetsumi ^a   Hori, Michio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lake Tanganyika; Perissodus microlepis; Phenotypic polymorphism; Scale eating cichlid

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CICHLID; DIMORPHISM; HERITABILITY; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FISH; LAKE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PERISSODUS MICROLEPIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; PERISSODUS MICROLEPIS;

EID: 51549119393     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0244     Document Type: Article

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