Mating advantage for rare males in wild guppy populations

Kimberly A. Hughes (), Anne E. Houde, Anna C. Price and F. Helen Rodd
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Kimberly A. Hughes: 319 Stadium Drive, Florida State University
Anne E. Houde: Lake Forest College, 555 North Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045, USA
Anna C. Price: University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada
F. Helen Rodd: University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada

Nature, 2013, vol. 503, issue 7474, 108-110

Abstract: Manipulation of the frequency of naturally occurring colour patterns within replicate pools of fish at three sites shows that males with rare colour patterns have higher reproductive fitness, demonstrating negative frequency-dependent selection mediated by sexual selection.

Date: 2013
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