Distinguishing the effects of familiarity, relatedness, and color pattern rarity on attractiveness and measuring their effects on sexual selection in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 843-854

  Zajitschek, Susanne R K ^a   Brooks, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female preference; Inbreeding avoidance; Mate choice; Multiple cues; Rare phenotypes

Indexed keywords

FISH; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POECILIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 56649108123     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593001     Document Type: Article

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