Female mate preferences for male body size and shape promote sexual isolation in threespine sticklebacks

Date

2013

Authors

Head, Megan
Kozak, Genevieve M.
Boughman, Janette W.

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John Wiley & Sons Inc

Abstract

Female mate preferences for ecologically relevant traits may enhance natural selection, leading to rapid divergence. They may also forge a link between mate choice within species and sexual isolation between species. Here, we examine female mate preferenc

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Keywords

Keywords: Magic traits; Mate choice; Reproductive isolation; Sexual selection; Speciation; Species recognition; Threespine stickleback

Citation

Source

Ecology and Evolution

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Journal article

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Open Access

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