Female mate preferences for male body size and shape promote sexual isolation in threespine sticklebacks

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2183-2196

  Head, Megan L ^a   Kozak, Genevieve M ^b   Boughman, Janette W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magic traits; Mate choice; Reproductive isolation; Sexual selection; Speciation; Species recognition; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883325609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.631     Document Type: Article

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