Ecological constraint and the evolution of sexual dichromatism in darters

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1219-1231

  Bossu, Christen M ^a   Near, Thomas J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological constraint; Etheostomatinae; Ornstein Uhlenbeck; Predator mediated selection; Sexual dichromatism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTAGONISM; BIRD; CRYPSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; MICROHABITAT; NATURAL SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANHINGIDAE;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PERCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PERCHES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84929990715     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12655     Document Type: Article

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