Males, but not females, contribute to sexual isolation between two sympatric species of Gambusia

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 865-878

  Espinedo, Celeste M ^a,b   Gabor, Caitlin R ^a   Aspbury, Andrea S ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambusia; Male mate choice; Sexual isolation; Sperm production

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; INCOMPATIBILITY; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPERM; SYMPATRY;

GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA GEISERI;

EID: 77953873751     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9343-z     Document Type: Article

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