Frequency-dependent social dominance in a color polymorphic cichlid fish

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2797-2807

  Dijkstra, Peter D ^a,b   Lindström, Jan ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a   Hemelrijk, Charlotte K ^b   Brendel, Mischa ^a   Seehausen, Ole ^c,d   Groothuis, Ton G G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cichlid fish; Color polymorphism; Frequency dependent selection; Lake Victoria; Male male competition; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CICHLID; COEXISTENCE; COLOR MORPH; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PERSISTENCE; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CICHLID; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; GENETIC SPECIATION; MALE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VICTORIA;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; PUNDAMILIA;

EID: 78649232450     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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