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Altering an extended phenotype reduces intraspecific male aggression and can maintain diversity in cichlid fish

Reduced male aggression towards different phenotypes generating negative frequency-dependent intrasexual selection has been suggested as a mechanism to facilitate the invasion and maintenance of novel phenotypes in a population. To date, the best empirical evidence for the phenomenon has been provid...

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Autores principales: Magalhaes, Isabel Santos, Croft, Guy E., Joyce, Domino A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3845871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349896
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.209