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Intra- and intersexual selection on male body size in the annual killifish Austrolebias charrua.
Behavioural processes - 1 Jun 2013
Passos Carlos, Tassino Bettina, Loureiro Marcelo, Rosenthal Gil G
Abstract excerpt
Since many traits are involved in both female mating decisions and male contest outcomes, female mate choice and male competition can act in concert to intensify sexual selection on male traits, or in opposition to weaken it. In the sexually dimorphic annual killifish, Austrolebias charrua, we evaluated the effect of male body size on female mate choice, male-male competition, and their interaction. We carried...
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