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Does divergence in female mate choice affect male size distributions in two cave fish populations?

Biology letters - 23 Oct 2008

Tobler Michael, Schlupp Ingo, Plath Martin

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Sexual selection by female choice can maintain male traits that are counter selected by natural selection. Alteration of the potential for sexual selection can thus lead to shifts in the expression of male traits. We investigated female mate choice for large male body size in a fish (Poecilia mexicana) that, besides surface streams, also inhabits two caves. All four populations investigated, exhibited an...

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PMID: 18559308
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0259
PMCID: PMC2610082

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