Evidence of disassortative mating in a Tanganyikan cichlid fish and its role in the maintenance of intrapopulation dimorphism

Morphological dimorphism in the mouth-opening direction ('lefty' versus 'righty') has been documented in several fish species. It has been suggested that this deflection is heritable in a Mendelian one-locus, two-allele fashion. Several population models have demonstrated that la...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biology letters (2005) 2008-10, Vol.4 (5), p.497-499
Hauptverfasser:	Takahashi, Tetsumi, Hori, Michio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Cichlids - physiology Evolutionary Biology Female Functional Laterality Lake Tanganyika Male Mating Preference, Animal Perissodus microlepis Phenotypic Polymorphism Scale-Eating Cichlid
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