Male courtship preferences demonstrate discrimination against allopatric colour morphs in a cichlid fish

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 577-586

  Zoppoth, P ^a   Koblmuller S ^a   Sefc, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allopatric divergence; Cichlidae; Lake Tanganyika; Male preference; Mate choice; Reproductive isolation; Tropheus

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; CICHLID; COLOR MORPH; COURTSHIP; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEMALE; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CICHLIDS; COLOR; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA;

CICHLIDAE; TROPHEUS; TROPHEUS POLLI;

EID: 84873719535     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12074     Document Type: Article

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