No association between brain size and male sexual behavior in the guppy

Current Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-273

  Corral López, Alberto ^a   Eckerström Liedholm, Simon ^a   Van Der Bijl, Wouter ^a   Kotrschal, Alexander ^a   Kolm, Niclas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Behavioral mechanisms; Brain morphology; Brain size; Guppy; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84925411276     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.2.265     Document Type: Article

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