As the sword grows: Individual variation and ontogenetic effects of a sexually selected trait on locomotor performance in xiphophorus hellerii

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 684-693

  Oufiero, Christopher E ^a,b   Jugo, Kristine ^a   Tran, Paulina ^a   Garland, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCOMOTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SWIMMING;

EID: 84870227095     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666089     Document Type: Article

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