Altering an extended phenotype reduces intraspecific male aggression and can maintain diversity in cichlid fish
Reduced male aggression towards different phenotypes generating negative frequency-dependent intrasexual selection has been suggested as a mechanism to facilitate the invasion and maintenance of novel phenotypes in a population. To date, the best empirical evidence for the phenomenon has been provid...
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PeerJ Inc.
2013-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/209.pdf |