No evidence for a genetic association between female mating preference and male secondary sexual trait in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish

Sexual selection by female mating preference for male nuptial coloration has been suggested as a driving force in the rapid speciation of Lake Victoria cichlid fish. This process could have been facilitated or accelerated by genetic associations between female preference loci and male coloration loc...

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Main Author: Inke van der SLUIJS, Ole SEEHAUSEN, Tom J. M. Van DOOREN,Jacques J. M. van ALPHEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2010-02-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11449