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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Female mating preferences"”.
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The Maintenance of Male Color Polymorphism in Poecilia parae
… and drab-colored males that resemble juvenile females; (ii) `parae', the largest males that exhibit a striped tail and black vertical body bars that intensify during social interactions; and (iii) the blue, red, and yellow morphs that are of intermediate body size and display colorful body …
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The ecological, behavioral, and genetic factors influencing the diversification of Lake Malawi's rock -dwelling cichlids
… a single selective force (selection on habitat preferences, trophic morphology, and male nuptial coloration, respectively). A divergence with gene flow model is advocated with reference to this phylogenetic pattern. A population genetic survey of allele frequency distributions at four …
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The role of individual variation in auditory and visual processing: implications for mate choice
… in male sexual signals and variation in female sensory perception and behavioral responses to these signals. I addressed several specific research questions using the brown headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) as a model species: (i) how does male signaling behavior differ with the sex of the …