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The social and ecological costs of an ‘over-extended' phenotype

Extended phenotypes offer a unique opportunity to experimentally manipulate and identify sources of selection acting on traits under natural conditions. The social cichlid fish Neolamprologus multifasciatus builds nests by digging up aquatic snail shells, creating an extended sexual phenotype that i...

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Autores principales: Jordan, Lyndon Alexander, Maguire, Sean M., Hofmann, Hans A., Kohda, Masanori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4721094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26740619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2359