The role of physiology in the divergence of two incipient cichlid species

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2639-2652

  Dijkstra, P D ^a,b,c   Wiegertjes, G F ^d   Forlenza, M ^d   van der Sluijs, I ^e   Hofmann, H A ^c   Metcalfe, N B ^b   Groothuis, T G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Carotenoids; Cichlid; Immune function; Male male competition; Oxidative stress; Steroid; Teleost; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEX HORMONE;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AGGRESSION; CICHLID; COEXISTENCE; COLOR MORPH; DIVERGENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIBLING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPERM COMPETITION; STEROID; TRADE-OFF;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COLOR; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LAKE; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AGGLUTINATION; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; COLOR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; LAKES; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; PUNDAMILIA NYEREREI; PUNDAMILIA PUNDAMILIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 81155139574     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02389.x     Document Type: Article

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