In the eye of the beholder: Visual mate choice lateralization in a polymorphic songbird

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 924-927

  Templeton, Jennifer J ^a   Mountjoy, D James ^a   Pryke, Sarah R ^b   Griffith, Simon C ^b  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finch; Mate choice; Polymorphic; Visual lateralization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; SONGBIRD; VISUAL CUE;

EID: 84869766420     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0830     Document Type: Article

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