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Asymmetry in cricket song: female preference and proximate mechanism of discrimination

Subtle random deviations from perfect symmetry in bilateral traits are suggested to signal reduced phenotypic and genetic quality of a sender, but little is known about the related receiver mechanisms for discriminating symmetrical from asymmetrical traits. Here, we investigated these mechanisms in...

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Autores principales: Hirtenlehner, Stefan, Küng, Saskia, Kainz, Franz, Römer, Heiner
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Company of Biologists 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23470661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.083774