A sensory bias has triggered the evolution of egg-spots in cichlid fishes.
Although, generally, the origin of sex-limited traits remains elusive, the sensory exploitation hypothesis provides an explanation for the evolution of male sexual signals. Anal fin egg-spots are such a male sexual signal and a key characteristic of the most species-rich group of cichlid fishes, the...
| 出版年: | PLoS ONE |
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| 主要な著者: | , , , |
| フォーマット: | 論文 |
| 言語: | 英語 |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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| オンライン･アクセス: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025601&type=printable |