Evolution of egg dummies in Tanganyikan cichlid fishes: The roles of parental care and sexual selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2369-2382

  Amcoff, M ^a   Gonzalez Voyer, A ^b   Kolm, N ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

BayesTraits; Egg dummies; Phenotypic evolution; Sexual selection; Signal evolution; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CICHLID; EGG; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL CARE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYESTRAITS; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG DUMMIES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL EVOLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

BAYESTRAITS; EGG DUMMIES; PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL EVOLUTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CICHLIDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC SPECIATION; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84885864944     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12231     Document Type: Article

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