Predation-associated divergence of male genital morphology in a livebearing fish

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2135-2146

  Heinen Kay, J L ^a   Langerhans, R B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Genital evolution; Gonopodium; Natural selection; Poeciliidae; Predation risk; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RELATEDNESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPERM;

BAHAMAS;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HUBBSI; POECILIIDAE;

GONOPODIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENITAL EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATE CHOICE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIIDAE; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ECOLOGY; GENITAL EVOLUTION; GONOPODIUM; NATURAL SELECTION; POECILIIDAE; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

EID: 84883806885     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12229     Document Type: Article

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