Female mate preference explains countergradient variation in the sexual coloration of guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1734, 2012, Pages 1684-1690

  Deere, Kerry A ^a,b   Grether, Gregory F ^a   Sun, Aida ^a   Sinsheimer, Janet S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Drosopterin; Genetic compensation; Mate choice; Plasticity; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CAROTENOID; COLOR; CYPRINID; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PIGMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84858758745     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2132     Document Type: Article

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