Mating advantage for rare males in wild guppy populations.

doi:10.1038/nature12717

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Mating advantage for rare males in wild guppy populations.

Nature - 7 Nov 2013

Hughes Kimberly A, Houde Anne E, Price Anna C, Rodd F Helen

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To understand the processes that maintain genetic diversity is a long-standing challenge in evolutionary biology, with implications for predicting disease resistance, response to environmental change, and population persistence. Simple population genetic models are not sufficient to explain the high levels of genetic diversity sometimes observed in ecologically important traits. In guppies (Poecilia reticulata),...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Wild
Female
Fertility
Genetic Fitness
Genetic Variation
Male
Mating Preference, Animal
Models, Animal
Phenotype
Pigmentation
Poecilia
Predatory Behavior
Rivers
Selection, Genetic
Survival Rate

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PMID: 24172904
DOI: 10.1038/nature12717

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