Experimental confirmation that body size determines mate preference via phenotype matching in a stickleback species pair.

doi:10.1111/evo.12041

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Experimental confirmation that body size determines mate preference via phenotype matching in a stickleback species pair.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 May 2013

Conte Gina L, Schluter Dolph

Abstract excerpt

Mate choice by phenotype matching, whereby individuals prefer a mate whose phenotype is similar to their own, should facilitate speciation with gene flow. This is because the genes that control mate signal (the phenotype being matched) also determine the preferred mate signal ("mate preference")....

Topics

Animals
Body Size
Female
Male
Mating Preference, Animal
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic
Smegmamorpha

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