Dual function and associated costs of a highly exaggerated trait in a cichlid fish

Exaggerated secondary sexual characteristics are apparently costly and seem to defy natural selection. This conundrum promoted the theory of sexual selection. Accordingly, exaggerated secondary sexual characteristics might be ornaments on which female choice is based and/or armaments used during mal...

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Autores principales: Rometsch, Sina J., Torres‐Dowdall, Julián, Machado‐Schiaffino, Gonzalo, Karagic, Nidal, Meyer, Axel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8668731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8383

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8668731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8383

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