Female preference for complex male displays in hybridizing swordtails

Swordtail fishes of the genus Xiphophorus have been studied as a model of sexual selection for many years. Many single-trait manipulation studies have been performed, determining female preferences for individual male traits. I characterized how five traits (standard body length, body depth, dorsal...

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Main Author: Cress, Zachary Pierce
Other Authors: Rosenthal, Gil G.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-3266
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-3266