Frequency-dependent numerical dynamics in mosquitofish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1506, 2002, Pages 2239-2247

  Horth, Lisa ^a   Travis, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Melanism; Mosquitofish; Negative frequency dependent selection; Numerical dynamics

Indexed keywords

FISH; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; MELANISM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MORTALITY; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 53149115614     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2143     Document Type: Article

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