Alternative mating strategies may favour the persistence of a genetically based colour polymorphism in a pentamorphic fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1187-1194

  Hurtado Gonzales, Jorge L ^a   Uy, J Albert C ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative mating strategy; frequency dependent selection; genetic polymorphism; Poecilia parae; sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOMETRY; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA PARAE;

EID: 64549139686     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.032     Document Type: Article

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