Maternal care and altered social phenotype in a recently collected stock of Astatotilapia burtoni cichlid fish

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 660-673

  Renn, Suzy C P ^a   Carleton, Julia B ^a   Magee, H ^a   Nguyen, My Linh T ^a   Tanner, Ameara C W ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 73449114646     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icp085     Document Type: Article

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