Eggspot number and sexual selection in the cichlid fish astatotilapia burtoni

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Henning, Frederico ^a   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; BODY SIZE; BREEDING METHOD; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; EGGSPOT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CICHLIDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84865305398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043695     Document Type: Article

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