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The Cost of the Sword: Escape Performance in Male Swordtails
The handicap theory of sexual selection posits that male display traits that are favored in mate choice come at a significant cost to performance. We tested one facet of this hypothesis in the green swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri). In this species, the lower ray of male caudal fin is extended into a...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017045/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21253013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015837 |