Sexual selection on color and behavior within and between cichlid populations: Implications for speciation

Current Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-483

  Pauers, Michael J ^a   Mckinnon, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Haplochromine cichlid; Labeotropheus; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877728527     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.3.475     Document Type: Article

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