Strong Assortative Mating By Diet, Color, Size, And Morphology But Limited Progress Toward Sympatric Speciation In A Classic Example: Cameroon Crater Lake Cichlids

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2114-2123

  Martin, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; ecological speciation; female preference; magic trait; mate choice; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CICHLID; COLOR; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTROGRESSION; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PREFERENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LAKE; MAGIC TRAIT; MALE; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMPATRY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION; FEMALE PREFERENCE; MAGIC TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; LAKES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SYMPATRY;

CAMEROON;

CICHLIDAE; SAROTHERODON; TILAPIA;

EID: 84879779750     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12090     Document Type: Article

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