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Female mate choice in convict cichlids is transitive and consistent with a self-referent directional preference
INTRODUCTION: One of the most important decisions that an animal has to make in its life is choosing a mate. Although most studies in sexual selection assume that mate choice is rational, this assumption has not been tested seriously. A crucial component of rationality is that animals exhibit transi...
Autores principales: | Dechaume-Moncharmont, François-Xavier, Freychet, Marine, Motreuil, Sébastien, Cézilly, Frank |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828482/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24216003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-69 |
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